http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/26/why-rail-projects-in-nsw-cost...

http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/26/why-rail-projects-in-nsw-cost-three-times-as-much-as-they-should/

not really relevant as the article is based on city rail but the cost is $17 million per kilometer of rail in WA and that was considered cheap?

maybe it is cheaper up north but labour / materials would cost more.

So for your $130 million in the bank you would get 7.6km of railroad. Even if it is 1 million per km you only get 130km of railline.

Just saying. Still like what they are doing.