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Should Newcastle to Sydney bullet train really be first link built of Melbourne to Brisbane route? (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 1 points 1 month ago

Neither did Japan until the Shinkansen. (In fact, aren’t both Cape-gauge?)

Any interstate HSR link to Brisbane would be standard gauge, as the XPT is. An intrastate link going north towards Cairns/Townsville may be classic-compatible Cape gauge if done incrementally, though given that one would typically break one’s journey in Brisbane, this is not catastrophic. Unless suddenly funds become available to build a new Shinkansen-style network from scratch, in which case standard-gauge would be the way to go.