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Art no: 251644 Subject: Re: High Speed passenger rail 11 Mar 2010 20:10:44 GMT

On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:11:38 +0000, johnsuth wrote:

> The proponents of a High Speed
> passenger rail service in the East Coast corridor should acknowledge
> that overseas examples of HS rail are in socialist command economies
> with much higher population densities than Australia

I've never heard any one call Germany or Japan 'command economies' and
French, while having a Socialist bent, hardly qualify either.
Art no: 251643 Subject: Re: Looking for nice location near rail station for personal enrichment course Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:12:01 +1100
Art no: 251642 Subject: Re: High Speed passenger rail Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:43:07 +1100
Art no: 251641 Subject: Re: High Speed passenger rail Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:53:10 GMT
Art no: 251640 Subject: Re: High Speed passenger rail Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:37:09 +0000 (UTC)
Art no: 251639 Subject: Re: High Speed passenger rail Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:25:36 +1100
Art no: 251638 Subject: High Speed passenger rail Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:11:38 EST
Art no: 251637 Subject: Looking for nice location near rail station for personal enrichment Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:00:10 +0000 (UTC)
Art no: 251636 Subject: NSW - Washaways at Harefield 500km post Tue, 9 Mar 2010 09:52:27 +1100
Art no: 251635 Subject: Re: When will they stop pretending that Africa is developING ? Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:02:03 -0800
Art no: 251634 Subject: Re: When will they stop pretending that Africa is developING ? Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:13:26 -0600
Art no: 251633 Subject: Re: Air conditioned dining cars 06 Mar 2010 20:02:00 GMT
Art no: 251632 Subject: Re: Air conditioned dining cars Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:58:49 +1100
Art no: 251631 Subject: Re: [Vic.] ARHS Museum Closes Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:40:07 EST
Art no: 251630 Subject: A Classic Wed, 3 Mar 2010 06:47:26 +0000 (UTC)
Art no: 251629 Subject: Re: Sydney monorail crash Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:44:39 EST
Art no: 251628 Subject: Re: Another moron bites the dust Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:44:31 +1100
Art no: 251627 Subject: Re: Designs for the 48 class contract Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:47:23 +1100
Art no: 251626 Subject: Re: Another moron bites the dust 02 Mar 2010 20:33:58 GMT
Art no: 251625 Subject: Class numbering Wed, 3 Mar 2010 00:09:08 +1100
Art no: 251624 Subject: Re: Designs for the 48 class contract Tue, 2 Mar 2010 23:51:00 +1100