More than ever, it’s time to upgrade the Sydney–Melbourne railway
- Written by Philip Laird, Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Wollongong
It’s 14 years since former NSW rail chief Len Harper described the rail link between Australia’s two largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne, as “inadequate for current and future needs”. And it’s 31 years since former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam put the problem more bluntly during a TV interview:
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