Comparing rail projects

Readers will know Labour was planning to spend between $15 and $29 billion on a 24 km light rail system in Auckland that would have trains that go slower than cars.

For $14 billion China is constructing a 342 km high-speed rail line with a design speed of 350km/h!!

Egypt for the same cost is developing an 850 km electrified line with a design speed of 250 km/hr.