The Government’s plans for Newcastle are now imploding according to Save Our Rail. No longer can the long stream of misinformation and porkies keep pace with the reality that the intercity rail line to Newcastle Station is absolutely necessary for the continued improvement, growth and infill of Newcastle City Centre. There has been no community ...

Save Our Rail congratulates Maitland City Council, which has moved to support the retention of rail services direct to Newcastle Station. This reaffirms the previous Council’s support for rail connections between the two cities. Joan Dawson, SOR President said “It is important for the communities currently enjoying the benefits of direct rail transport to Newcastle ...

Save Our Rail condemns the O’Farrell Liberal Government over the decision to cut the Newcastle Rail Line at Wickham. “This is a mean and spiteful decision, a blow to the community delivered below the belt in cowardly fashion just in time for Christmas”, said Save Our Rail President, Joan Dawson. Save Our Rail sees this ...

MEDIA RELEASE – SAVE OUR RAIL NSW INCORPORATED NEWCASTLE HAS HUGE FESTIVAL, MASS TRANSPORT BUT NO INFO CITYFEST – THE MAJOR event of the year in terms of anticipated numbers, figure of 20,000, comes to Newcastle next weekend. This is HUGE. Grand transport plans including 28 extra train services to run as shuttles between Broadmeadow ...

Save our Rail today calls on the NSW Government to conduct a trial suspension of rail services before making any final decision to cut Newcastle rail infrastructure or services. Responding to strong rumours that a decision to cut the Newcastle rail line was imminent, Joan Dawson, President of Save Our Rail, said it would be ...

MEDIA RELEASE (28/11/10) LAUNCH OF WESTRANS (Western Transport Initiative) CONCEPT 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 ...

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 ...

Save Our Rail has never been opposed to development in the Newcastle CBD and it is long been on the public record as regards the need for greater pedestrian access between Hunter St and the Honeysuckle/Foreshore area. Save Our Rail has been vigorously promoting a development plan for the Newcastle CBD since it was first ...

Save Our Rail welcomes the NSW Government decision to retain rail services to Newcastle. We will be constructively engaging in discussions with the government regarding the $20 million. We do not accept the Chamber of Commerce model as workable because of major technical flaws and concern over the proposed change of mode which would impact ...

Newcastle Council Chambers – Today Prof Graham Currie [1] slammed the reports used to recommend the closure of the Newcastle rail. Internationally recognised transport expert Prof Graham Currie addressed Newcastle Council which had commissioned him to provide an independent review of the reports recommending the closure of the Newcastle rail line. Prof Currie pointed out ...

Joan Dawson, Save Our Rail NSW Inc President, gave a speech at Newcastle Station on 22nd December 2005 as part of the hand over of Prof Graham Currie’s report to Member for Newcastle, Bryce Gaudry. The report referred to in her speech is “Decision to Close the Newcastle Branch Rail Line – Independent Review of ...

Professor Graham Currie of Monash University has completed a report commissioned by the Lower Hunter Local Government Councils into the efficacy of reports the NSW Government has acted upon regarding the proposed closure of rail services into Newcastle. Professor Currie has described these reports as “biased, flawed and misrepresented” resulting in faulty multi-million dollar decisions ...

Save Our Rail met with State Transport Minister John Watkins, Bryce Gaudry, Member for Newcastle, John Mills, Member for Wallsend, Jeff Hunter, Member for Lake Macquarie, Member for Swansea Milton Orkoupolos, and several Ministry of Transport persons. Joan Dawson and George Paris represented SOR concerns, and were accompanied by Newcastle University Student Transport Co-ordinator Jack ...

The general meeting of Lower Hunter Save Our Rail held 6th September 2004, voted unanimously to support Lake Macquarie City Council’s proposal for a new rail station and modal interchange at Glendale subject to the following three (3) conditions: The continued operation of heavy rail services to all four (4) stations of the Newcastle Line, ...