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This post provides links to Save Our Rail’s major documents:
PRESIDENTS 2011 ANNUAL REPORT – SOR NSW Inc – Joan Dawson Once more we have had a busy year during which a new SOR document has emerged. In November 2010 our proposal, Western Transport Initiative (WesTrans) was launched by the Member for Wallsend, Sonia Hornery. This incorporates the Western Education Link Line (WELL) as well as planning for express “Clipper” bus routes. WesTrans would re-use existing rail corridors from Waratah to Glendale and would employ TramTrains to increase the frequency of rail . . .
Save Our Rail carrying their banner in the 2011 May Day march. 
Save Our Rail banner in 2011 May . . .
Meet the candidates from Charlestown, Lake Macquarie, Swansea at Windale-Gateshead Bowling Club Wednesday 16th March 2011 5.30pm SOR will hold a “meet the candidates” forum for Charlestown, Lake Macquarie and Swansea in the lead up to the State Election. All welcome This event will be an opportunity for members and friends of SOR to hear the candidates for these seats. Meetings have been held in Maitland, and for Newcastle and Wallsend. The Windale-Gateshead Bowling Club is in Lake St Windale (turn right at traffic . . . MEDIA RELEASE (28/11/10) LAUNCH OF WESTRANS (Western Transport Initiative) CONCEPT 
WesTrans concept proposal Save Our Rail NSW Inc launched its proposal for the concept of additional transport services in the Hunter Region on Friday 26th November at the Diggers Club, Wallsend. A crucial first step in the process of gaining funding which would benefit the entire Hunter area is the formation of a HUNTER TRANSPORT AUTHORITY, which . . .
WesTrans concept proposal Save Our Rail invites you to the launch of our Western Transport Initiative (WesTrans) concept proposal. Friday 26 November 2010 at Wallsend Diggers at 5.30pm The WesTrans includes the Western Education Link Line (WELL) and Commuter “Clipper” Buses. From the many options available, Save Our Rail chose the one which: addresses the needs of the greatest number of people
Save Our Rail’s Western Transport Initiative (WesTrans) complements our earlier proposals to more fully encompass suburban and regional transport needs. This latest proposal builds on the existing heavy rail backbone that SOR believes must be retained. . . .
Save Our Rail has a petition form to the NSW Government available for download: SOR Wickham Petition “…opposed to the closing of the Newcastle railway line and termination of rail services at any position west of Newcastle Station, including termination at Wickham. Your petitioners request that the House reject any proposal or recommendation that would involve the closure of some or all of the Newcastle railway line and the removal of heavy rail services direct to . . .
Save Our Rail NSW Inc – Press Release 24/08/2010 Save Our Rail is not surprised by the GPT announcement regarding their intention to pull out of their Newcastle CBD retail and residential proposal. Commercial reality has been accepted by GPT. Newcastle does not have the population to support such a development. The fact that the legal precinct is to be re-located from that immediate area would have been a factor. Thursday 3rd June 2010 – 5pm to 6pm at Civic Park Save Our Rail will rally in Civic Park on Thursday afternoon 5pm to 6pm, opposite the Fix Our City meeting in Town Hall and in opposition to their plans to cut the rail line. On a satirical note, those who arrive beforehand can see the separate . . .
Save Our Rail will have a sausage sizzle and music event at Worth Place on Thursday 29th April 2010 at 12 noon. Worth Place is just off Hunter Street, . . . No one catches the train to Newcastle? Save Our Rail begs to differ! HDC’s proposed buses — whether Hunter Street buses, “magical” buses, “blue shuttle” buses, super-mega-hyper-low emission flying buses — could never cope . . .
Originally published December 7, 2009 as a feature article in NSW Teachers Federation “Education” newspaper. By Justin Ballis: Labor conspicuously vague on cutting the line but Liberals may not be so reticent. For public transport lobbyists in the Hunter, the irony would be bitter. After community opposition stung the Rees Government into dropping unpopular rail legislation last month, the voice of the people – the electorate – may yet deliver something even more unpalatable than the dumped law: a Liberal government determined to cut the Newcastle line. . . .
The Hunter Development Corporation (HDC) report does not have adequate reasons for any removal of the direct heavy rail into Newcastle, therefore we urge the State Government to ignore this flawed report and to fully examine other options for Newcastle’s improvement. The proposals put forward by Save Our Rail for crossings, a viaduct and other improvements would solve connectivity problems with . . .
Safe, convenient, and not that expensive. Woonona (near Wollongong) has new pedestrian access across its railway line thanks to a new level crossing opened in early 2009. Save Our Rail would like a few of these for Newcastle’s CBD. Why remove Newcastle’s railway when you can improve? We say “improve, not remove”. Take a look for yourself . . .
Saturday 2nd May 2009 – 2pm to 4pm Polish Hall, Maitland Grant Street (behind Maitland Town Hall) Guest Speaker: Professor Howard Dick Howard Dick is a Professor at University of Melbourne and was a Senior Lecturer at the University of Newcastle. He will be speaking about the “Economic Benefits of Keeping the Line into Newcastle“. Guest Speaker: Alan Squire Alan Squire is convenor of Newcastle Transport for Business Development and a retired former corporate lawyer. . . .
We have prepared a document explaining why we oppose the GPT transport proposal. We do not oppose their mall redevelopment but do reject their assertion that the “rail must go” in order to proceed with their development. In its vision for a thriving and sustainable Newcastle, Save Our Rail NSW Inc identifies problems of connectivity and addresses community needs in this proposal. The resulting solutions aim to retain sustainable transport while overcoming the need to connect new commercial and residential developments with established business areas of Newcastle. . . .
Saturday 13th December 2008 – 12 noon End the line at Wickham? Change of mode = longer trip Save Our Rail proposes: Pedestrian . . .
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