The Australian Ral Track Corporation is investigating the cause of a major fault which forced the cancellation of  Southern Highlands trains services during the morning peak.

Early morning runs in both directions ground to a halt after  a breakdown in the radio network,

City Rail says because of the short notice it was not able to secure sufficient replacement buses, and some passengers had to make alternative arrangements.

A man charged with allegedly leading Goulburn police on a high speed chase at speeds of 200 kilometres an hour has been refused bail.

24 year old Dennis Fischer was stopped on the Goulburn bypass with a pursuit eventuating along Sloane Street in the Goulburn CBD.

Police eventually caught up with the unlicensed driver on the Federal Highway at Collector after the engine on the stolen VP Holden blew.

Fischer will re - appear in Court on December 12 and will remain behind bars in Goulburn Correction Centre.

Wind farms at Gunning, Capital, Woodlawn and Cullerin Range will be required to be licensed and regulated for noise under a new State Government proposal.

Wind farms with a generation capacity of more than 30 megawatts will have to pay an annual licence fee of almost $17,000.

The Office of Environment and Heritage also says local councils don't have the resources to measure noise output and believe this should be carried out by the EPA.

Member for Goulburn Pru Goward insists the changes make sense.