"Grand Total for Auckland-Hamilton-Tauranga: $3,693,000,000 or the price of around 2.5 Roads of National Significance from National

Note: Caution with the costs as some of the benefits of it spill over into freight as well by allowing more and faster freight trains on those two respective lines. So any track or tunnel upgrades need to bear this in mind as well..."

#BenRoss, 2024

https://voakl.net/2024/01/30/enter-japan-inter-city-trains-between-auckland-hamilton-and-tauranga-yes-please/

#Aotearoa #NZ #PassengerRail #FastTrains

@DrMcStrange

@DrMcStrange
An addendum to our discussion about the prognosis for fast trains in Aotearoa, Ben Ross has a fascinating proposal for rolling out electric-run 160km/hr passenger rail between Tamaki Makaurau, Kiririkroa, and Tauranga;

https://voakl.net/2024/01/30/enter-japan-inter-city-trains-between-auckland-hamilton-and-tauranga-yes-please/

#PassengerRail #FastTrains #HighSpeedRail