Re: VFT Sydney - Canberra

[chris <chris@enet21.com.au>]

A far better use of taxpayers money would be to straighten and electrify the
existing line at a fraction of the cost.

Chris

signal_spotter@my-deja.com wrote:

> In article <_wv75.238$W7.4971@news4.giganews.com>,
>   "Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> > <signal_spotter@my-deja.com> wrote in message
> > 8jkpan$h6$1@nnrp1.deja.com">news:8jkpan$h6$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
> >
> > > Personally speaking, the feasability of a High Speed Rail from
> Sydney
> > > to Canberra/Melbourne is a waste of tax payers money. We do not have
> > > the population to warrant such a system. And I'm not speaking out
> of my
> > > arse here because I do have a vested interest if a high speed rail
> > > system goes ahead. I've read a report about such a system proposed
> for
> > > the New York to Washington DC line and even they worked out that it
> > > would not pay it's way. Now we're talking about a population the
> size
> > > of Australia between those cities so our proposed passenger numbers
> is
> > > far smaller. And we now have more air competition on that route
> which
> > > is driving prices down ie Impulse $139 One Way.
> >
> > So we have the population to create enough demand for air travel that
> a
> > second airport is required for Sydney, an airport which will take a
> huge
> > amount of taxpayer funding, but we don't have the population to build
> a
> > railway that will eliminate the need for that airport for the
> foreseeable
> > future and will use mainly private funding but with some government
> funding?
> > Weird way of looking at it.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> Yeah but the airport will service people travelling to more places than
> just Canberra/Melbourne. To compete with air travel you would need to
> build a high speed rail to every place that planes go to. Now work out
> your costing based on that and you'll see which is cheaper. Now don't
> get me wrong, I'm not a proponent of air travel, in fact I'd probably
> pick up work if the high speed rail went ahead, but it's a waste of
> money when there is not the passenger numbers to warrant it. The high
> speed rail is just a political white elephant.
>
> regards Ian
> Signal Design Engineer
>
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