Re: The Overland - end of the line?
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A fast rail line if done properly would cut the time between Melbourne and Sydney to below 3 hours. (Now I know infrastructure is not something this country does properly but bare with me) I reckon once you factor the trip to the airport, security screening, the flight and then mucking around at the destination airport and having to travel from there to the city would make up a good chunk of 3 hours on its own.
With fast rail, you go to the train station, get on and (as long as VLine isn’t running it) most likely leave on time, you’re not cramped like a sardine, and you simply leave the station in the city centre at the other end.
The Overland is dying because it’s an old heap of crap train that hasn’t kept up with the times.
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