Rail line projected to cost taxpayers $61.2bn, with further line to Western Sydney international airport to cost extra $32.4bn
  • Hanrahan@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    ahh Australia, big on the talking then just build more roads and coal mines.

    we could have a fast train (not a VFT) from Sydney to Canberra now, a bjt of track realignment and some new rolling stock.

  • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 hours ago

    $31 in todays money so closer to $50 by the time it is actually running and the fair is adjusted for inflation right?

    Also didn’t Utopia to an episode on high speed rail?

    • brisk@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      4 hours ago

      Utopia sure did, because of this (Wikipedia):

      High-speed rail in Australia has been under investigation since the early 1980s.[1][2] Every federal government since this time has investigated the feasibility of constructing high-speed rail with speeds above 200 km/h, but to date nothing has ever gone beyond the detailed planning stage.

      I’ll believe it when I see it