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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald

Cynicism's even faster than high-speed trains

High Speed Rail concept art. File picture

SO many whingers and pessimists firing off missives about the high-speed rail (HSR) proposal (Letters, 2/9/24).

Please note that over $50 billion has already been spent on the Sydney metro tunnels, with more to come, and the advanced tunnelling technology developed for those projects is about to be used to complete Snowy Hydro. So are we going to sit here and moan while the rest of the state gets on with it? There is zero reason for reticence.

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