The SA and federal governments have commissioned a $10 million study to look at what rail lines could be built or reopened.The government is considering extending rail further south, north and into the Hills, with a plan to electrify and decarbonise.Forty years ago, passenger trains ran all over the state.
He said the government was considering extending rail further south, north and into the Hills, with a plan to electrify and decarbonise "quickly".It would not be able to go all the way back to Angaston as part of that line is now bikeway, but there is a push for a new service beyond Gawler where the line currently ends.
Then there is perhaps the most costly and difficult project to deliver — the return of services to Mount Barker.One estimate, from the privately-run SA Railway Company, has put the cost at $5 billion to return rail to Mount Barker. Mr Koutsantonis disputes the $5 billion cost, but does acknowledge Mount Barker will need better transport.
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