Pedota, that would be so cool. It works a treat in Europe, but the trouble is that it requires government spending on actual infrastructure, rather than groovy reports. It also requires laying tracks now for a return in a decade, and what politician cares about a future where they probably won't even be in power? I'm far from a rail expert, but my understanding is that our existing railway infrastructure is the equivalent of the Birdsville Track and can't cope with the high speed trains.
Never mind the increased efficiency, environmental benefits and flexibility of a decent east coast rail network. To the politicians, these pale into insignificance when weighed against short term kudos, nest feathering and duck shoving responsibility and cost outlay to the private sector. A TGV style train system would require vision and guts, two things our esteemed leaders are highly allergic to.
Yesterday's pollies, yesterday's thinking!
