James C (noemail@emailsux.com) wrote: > IIRC it cost 13Billion$+ to build this line........(I still have the paper > to prove it) There are 2 different proposals with different prices. I think the $13 billion project was the 300km/h gas turbine version. There was a later proposal which was for more or less conventional trains, but allowing sustained 100km/h freight running. Cheers David