Back when a Thirroul tunnel was South Coast rail solution

Glen Humphries
Updated January 9 2022 - 5:19pm, first published January 8 2022 - 3:45pm
Impressive: The route of the 11-kilometre Thirroul tunnel, which was considered back in 2003 for the South Coast line.
Impressive: The route of the 11-kilometre Thirroul tunnel, which was considered back in 2003 for the South Coast line.

A rail tunnel under the escarpment that would cut out five stations and shave almost 20 minutes off a trip to Sydney sounds like a pipe dream.

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Glen Humphries

Glen Humphries

Senior journalist

I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of experience in newspapers. I cover the three local councils in the Illawarra for the Mercury, state and federal politics, as well as writing for the TV guide. If I'm not writing, I'm reading.

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