2010. The rail projects envisaged were: the Airport line, already under construction at the time and completed in 2000 an extension of the Eastern Suburbs line to Bondi Beach, to be completed by 2002 the Parramatta Rail Link between Parramatta and Chatswood by 2006 a Hornsby to Newcastle High Speed Rail line to have started by 2010 a North West Rail Link between Epping and Castle Hill by 2010 a Sutherland to Wollongong High Speed Rail by 2010 a Hurstville to Strathfield railway line to start by 2010 and be completed in 2014 a Liverpool 'Y Link' to start by 2010 Three projects were listed for consideration as additions after 2010: a line to the Warringah Peninsula an extended Eastern Suburbs line towards Maroubra, an extension of the North West railway line towards Rouse Hill. Of these proposals, only the Airport line and the Epping- Chatswood section of the Parramatta Rail Link, which were already under construction or advanced planning, were completed in 2000 and 2009 respectively. The North West railway line from Epping to Rouse Hill would also later be completed in 2019 but as a Sydney Metro rapid transit system instead, utilising Epping- Chatswood section of the Parramatta Rail Link. However, most of the proposed roads and motorways outlined in the same paper have been constructed. Bondi Beach railway In 1996, the NSW government proposed a privately funded extension of the Eastern Suburbs railway from Bondi Junction to Bondi Beach. The final proposed version of the line would have seen a single track extension ending in a station under Bondi Beach park, with a premium (extra $2.50 proposed) added to ticket prices. The Bondi Beach Railway Company, a consortium of Lend Lease Infrastructure and the Macquarie Bank, proposed to build and maintain the railway at a cost of $197 million and to operate it for a 30-year term. The proposal met with fierce opposition from local residents who were concerned with the loss of parkland, fare premium, and little potential use by residents. After a degree of planning and gaining Federal Government backing, the proposal was dropped in 1999. 'Christie' proposals, 2001 In 2001, the Co-ordinator General of Rail, Ron Christie, released a report, the Long-Term Strategic Plan for Rail for Sydney, the Central Coast, Newcastle, the Illawarra, the South Coast and the Blue Mountains, which outlined the critical infrastructure that would need to be built between then