August ← 2014 ← Save Our Rail NSW Inc.

Video: 4 People on that Train – Newcastle Rail Line

Aug

26

2014

Music video based on anti-rail statements that claim low passenger numbers on the Newcastle CBD line, a claim at odds with footage of actual CBD trains.

Help us keep rail to Newcastle. Govt plans to cut on Xmas Day!

Aug

23

2014

Donate to our campaign! What’s happening? NSW Government announced it will close Newcastle Rail Line. Last train Christmas Day 2014. All Newcastle passengers to be off-loaded to buses at Hamilton or Broadmeadow for at least 2 to 3 years from Boxing Day. No replacement system has been approved nor planned, so the intention seems to ...

Editorial: Politics of saying yes and no

Aug

23

2014

The Newcastle Herald’s editorial (Sat 23/08/2014) asks some reasonable questions about the Wickham terminus carport. The final paragraphs state: It is by no means unreasonable to want to know why the heavy rail is being cut before the promised light rail is even begun. Why does the new terminus concept appear so under-cooked and why ...

Newcastle rail cut pain for uni students

Aug

22

2014

The Maitland Mercury ran this article on Fri 22 August 2014: By the time the University of Newcastle builds its proposed city-centre campus in the Civic precinct, the state government will have removed the heavy rail line between Wickham and Newcastle. Students who want to catch a train to university from outside the city, in ...

Opinion: It’s time to stand up and stop plans to cut rail line

Aug

21

2014

The Maitland Mercury has published another editorial opposing the Boxing Day truncation of the heavy rail to Newcastle. They want to hear your story so speak up. Commuters from the wider Hunter are getting the raw end of the deal with plans to cut the rail line into Newcastle CBD. Considering the level of discontent ...

Video: Rally challenges mandate to cut railway

Aug

20

2014

The Newcastle Herald provided coverage, including a video piece, of today’s rally at Newcastle Station. INSPIRED by recent revelations at the Independent Commission Against Corruption, the fight against the cutting of the heavy rail line in Newcastle returned to the streets yesterday. About 100 protesters came from across the Hunter, Sydney and even Perth, waving ...

Video: Fight continues against cutting heavy rail

Aug

20

2014

The Save Our Rail group has found some allies, in its fight against the cutting of Newcastle’s heavy train line. A Sydney-based community group visited the city today, weighing in on the debate, along with a Perth MP. Watch the video on the NBN News website.

Media event Newcastle – Wed 20/08/2014

Aug

13

2014

CATCH THE 9.15 am TRAIN FROM CENTRAL TO NEWCASTLE SPECIAL GUEST FEDERAL MEMBER FOR PERTH Hon Alannah MacTiernan MP coming by train to Newcastle WED 20TH AUGUST 2014 SOR members will welcome the visitors at Newcastle Station at 11.50 am. Contact info@saveourrail.org.au or ph: 0408 618 198

The Honourable Member? – Media Release 06/08/2014

Aug

6

2014

“A web of intrigue,” we dubbed the Newcastle Cabal, but we never expected to discover just what a nest of vipers the Independent Commission Against Corruption found when they lifted the edge of the carpet. Now the MP’s for Newcastle and Charlestown intend to continue to be paid by the public, despite being exposed by ...

Video: The People Speak – Wickham Railway Station

Aug

3

2014

Rail users speak during the p.m. peak at Wickham Station, July 30, 2014, in light of the NSW Government plan to cut the line on December 26, 2014 and develop the city and railway corridor land. Thanks to the commuters who spoke on this issue.