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    simstrain posted 03 Jan 2020 12:36
    Posted in News » It's time to act on fast rail

    Spain and California are what will become of high speed rail in Australia. Spain is probably worse but the line cost a fortune and continues to drain the public purse.

    investment is the only drain ... at least California has started the project ...

    https://www.railway-technology.com/features/spain-high-speed-railway/ ( 25 October 2018 )

    viaprojects

    investment isn't the only drain. High speed rail has to be maintained well beyond any level we currently build in this country. Lets face it we aren't capable of maintaining the level necessary and money will always have to be pumped in to keep this level and then to make the train viable you need to price the trip the same as a plane trip.

    Doing some more research it seems that the california project has stalled.
    https://www.bizjournals.com/albany/news/2020/01/02/high-speed-rail-new-york-albany-cuomo.html
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_High-Speed_Rail

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    Edited 03 Jan 2020 12:53, last year, edited by simstrain

    Spain and California are what will become of high speed rail in Australia. Spain is probably worse but the line cost a fortune and continues to drain the public purse.

    investment is the only drain ... at least California has started the project ...

    https://www.railway-technology.com/features/spain-high-speed-railway/ ( 25 October 2018 )

    viaprojects

    investment isn't the only drain. High speed rail has to be maintained well beyond any level we currently build in this country. Lets face it we aren't capable of maintaining the level necessary and money will always have to be pumped in to keep this level and then to make the train viable you need to price the trip the same as a plane trip.

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