by Sangeeta Kocharekar URL Copied! With airfares soaring, it makes sense that Australians are looking at other ways of getting to holiday destinations and interstate meetings or other work events. Some are turning to driving, although with rising petrol prices, finding it adding up too. Others are turning to an oft-forgotten about method of travel – one that’s more convenient than driving, but not as expensive as flying: train travel.
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After decades of debate and delay, the federal government recently promised to develop high-speed rail on the east coast. Labor said the proposed high-speed rail authority would launch a “nation-building” project running from Melbourne to Brisbane. Trains on the line would run at 350km/h and stop in Canberra, Sydney, and other regional centre.
