SBC#5 and SBC#6 — Complete National Network
The final two corridors completing the continental grid. 20,000km total. Every resource centre, every capital, every coastal port connected. Design A full service stack. The Mega Factory cost curve reaches $6M/km.
Route Map
SBC#5 — Broome to Esperance
~1,800km Western Australian north-south spine. Links the Kimberley to the Great Southern. Agricultural freight, mineral export, coastal tourism connectivity.
SBC#6 — Mount Isa to Perth
~2,700km. Crosses the continent at the resource belt. Links Queensland mineral wealth to Fremantle export. The final inland connection completing the continental grid.
Design A — Full Service Stack
Phase 3 corridors use Design A — the full service stack — built at Mega Factory maturity.
| Level | Service |
|---|---|
| Level 1 | Freight × 3 electrified — 150–200km/h |
| Level 2 | Water conduit — 10,000GL/yr per corridor |
| Level 3 | Services — gas / H₂ / fibre / maintenance rail |
| Level 4 | Hyperloop-ready floor |
| Level 5 | Maglev × 2 + service rail — 600 km/h |
| External | HVDC — 72GW per corridor upgradeable to 108GW |
Alice Hub — Battery of the Nation
40GW pumped hydro. 16,000GL water storage. 30,886GWh average. Seven gorge pairs in the MacDonnell Ranges. 32-day full discharge. Captures northern monsoon water and distributes to the Murray-Darling and coastal cities year-round.
| Metric | Alice Hub | Snowy 2.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Cost per kWh | $1.33/kWh | $34/kWh |
| Generation capacity | 40GW | 2GW |
| Storage | 16,000GL | 319GL |
The Mega Factory Cost Curve
| Phase | Cost per km |
|---|---|
| Phase 0 — first build | $454M/km |
| Phase 0 — at volume | $252M/km |
| Phase 1–2 at volume | ~$100M/km |
| Full network — Mega Factory maturity | $6M/km |