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By Administrator, on October 19th, 2010
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 . . .
By Administrator, on December 7th, 2009
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. . . .
By Administrator, on November 1st, 2008
Look closely at these pictures taken from GPT’s recently released “virtual tour” of the Newcastle CBD. GPT demands that the rail line be cut at Wickham as described in their city vision masterplan by . . .
By Administrator, on January 18th, 2007
On 18th January 2007, the Hunter Business Chamber conducted a transport group forum at which Save Our Rail gave a brief presentation titled “Transport Development for the Hunter Community”.
Download a copy of Save Our Rail’s presentation here:
 SOR – Transport Presentation – 18-Jan-2007.pdf . . .
By Administrator, on November 1st, 2006
Save Our Rail representatives met with the Premier’s Department IIG (Infrastructure Implementation Group) to be advised of progress since Mr Iemma’s announcement that the rail would be retained to Newcastle Station.
Save Our Rail is concerned that this will not actually be the outcome because of an intention to remove electrification . . .
By Administrator, on May 9th, 2006
The State Government is now considering cutting the electric service to Newcastle, threatening the viability of the whole Lower Hunter transport system.
This would disadvantage all passengers through:
inconvenience
delay
overcrowding on the Hunter Line
loss of direct link to Newcastle from Sydney, . . .
By Administrator, on March 23rd, 2006
On Thursday 23rd March 2006, Save Our Rail met with representatives from the NSW Government’s Infrastructure Implementation Group (IIG).
Save Our Rail put forward its proposal on how best to spend the recently announced $20 million allocated to improving the Newcastle Rail Line, including:
ticketing integration
signalling upgrade
increased access and crossing improvements
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By Administrator, on March 20th, 2006
Read the recommendations and the full report of the Premier’s Taskforce in this article. . . .
By Administrator, on February 19th, 2006
First, Professor Graham Currie’s report “Decision to Close the Newcastle Branch Rail Line – Independent Review of Transport Reports – Final Report” is available for download.
This report details the findings of an independent review of recent reports regarding the NSW State Government’s decision to close the rail line to Newcastle Station.
Second, the presentation that Prof Currie used during his address to Newcastle City Council on 14th February 2006 is also available for download. The presentation summarises the key points in his full report. . . .
By Administrator, on January 20th, 2006
The NSW Government has developed an 25-year overall land-use plan to ensure the Lower Hunter region develops in a strong and sustainable way.
The strategy once finalised will guide local planning in the five local government areas of Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Port Stephens, Maitland and Cessnock, and inform decisions on service and infrastructure delivery. . . .
By Administrator, on January 4th, 2006
The only benefit of the closure of the rail would be short-term gain for developers, including the Honeysuckle Corporation.
Hon Michael Costa, when Minister for Transport, made a decision to cut the line from Broadmeadow to Newcastle, advised by a committee, appointed by him. The composition of the committee is cause for concern, with three of the four members also on the Board of the Honeysuckle Corporation, a clear conflict of interest.
The committee included Newcastle Lord Mayor, John Tate; Secretary of Newcastle Trades Hall Council, Gary Kennedy; and Chair of the Hunter Business Chamber, Glenn Thornton.
Save Our Rail feels that government planning bodies were misinformed and are acting on the basis of errors or misinterpretations and this is being continually reinforced. . . .
By Administrator, on November 28th, 2005
Save Our Rail met with representatives of the Premier’s Task Force into the Newcastle Rail Service on Monday 28th November 2005.
Below is Save Our Rail’s submission prepared for the meeting. Amazingly, the Premier’s representatives wouldn’t accept it – they didn’t want anything in writing! Joan Dawson spoke on the submission, going through most of the document, refusing to be sidetracked.
Save Our Rail is determined that the Task Force and the Premier see our Reasons for Retention of Newcastle Rail Services in full! . . .
By Administrator, on November 9th, 2005
Despite the thousand of letters and petitions that have already been presented to the NSW government, the latest Premier’s Lower Hunter Transport Task Force (PLHTF) has stated that they haven’t received any letters protesting against the proposed closure from NEWCASTLE people.
Newcastle . . .
By Administrator, on June 24th, 2005
James Bennett – 24th June 2005
The Newcastle Herald feature article of 24th June 2005 published by vision impaired business person James Bennett is self explanatory. It should be noted that the eastern side of Beaumont Street (near Hamilton Station) is the location of the Royal Blind Society and is visited by about a thousand vision impaired people weekly.
“…This month I was forced to travel by a coach, temporarily replacing the rail service to Newcastle, to get to the Royal Blind Society, where I study braille and computer literacy, four days a week… This is not a problem to a sighted person, as it is only a matter of ducking across the road when traffic permits… For a blind person it is a whole new ball game…”
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