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Stephanie Gardiner

'Flying blind': why Labor ditched the inland rail route

The government is now set to upgrade the Australian Rail Track Corporation network. (John Donegan/AAP PHOTOS)

The beleaguered inland rail project was once described as being derailed from the start.

From an original estimated investment of $4.7 billion in 2015, the cost for the freight rail route between Melbourne and Brisbane blew out nearly 10 times that amount to $45.6 billion by 2025.

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