After realizing that my previous train network plan was a bit over worked I have done some further research. The Australian Government's Infrastructure Department's High Speed Rail Study 2011 has planned for a bullet train network to extend from Brisbane to Melbourne and is projected for the year 2036. I have modified the plans slightly to come in line with my future scenario of 2062 (50 years from now), and as such I have proposed an extension to the HSRN (high speed rail network) out to Adelaide and further north up to Townsville. The reason I have extended the HSRN north of Brisbane is because South East Australia and Especially east and south east Queensland are projected to have some of the largest population growth in Australia over the next 50-100 years.
As the sunshine coast is slowly expanding and densifying it is also project to have substantial growth in the next 50 years. I would like to propose a new train line running from Woodford through Beerwah and onto Caloundra and onto the rest of the Sunshine Coast's major cities.
Previously I had proposed a Light Rail network for Woodfordia. However after researching the carrying capacity of Woodfordia, it is evident that the site won't nearly have the population density to make a rail system feasible (I have found that it can hold about 1000 permanent residents max). And as such, a shuttle service or something similar will have to run from Woodford Station to the site for arriving Refugees and festival goers.
Getting around Woodfordia will be done by cycle. Bicycles are just about the most efficient mode of transport, they have literally no carbon out put after production. Bicycle travel will also promote good health and fitness.
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