Luke Grant is joined by Traveller Magazine writer & photographer Michael Gebicki, who recently wrote about these high speed trains we hear about every time we face an election in a piece headlined, ‘Why bullet trains in Australia are a bad idea’.

He asks, ‘who doesn’t love bullet trains?  They gobble up scenery at the rate of almost five kilometres per minute, they take you from city centre to city centre, they’re comfortable, sleek and exciting and their safety record is second to none’.

But he adds, ‘bullet trains require a dedicated track with the mildest of curves and inclines of just a degree or two, and that means a super-smooth ride.  The issue here he points out is not just the topography, but the population’.

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