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[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

$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.zone 4 points 2 days 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