Let's get moving with the affordable medium-speed alternatives to the old dream of high-speed rail
- Written by Philip Laird, Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Wollongong
More than half a century has passed since high-speed rail (HSR) effectively began operating, in Japan in 1964, and it has been mooted for Australia since 1984. I estimate that the cost of all HSR studies by the private and public sectors in Australia exceeds $125 million, in today’s dollars. But the federal government is now less interested...