You might be interested in other ways to spend a whole lot of money than stopping the trains to Newcastle Station! The "Newcastle Institute" held an event in September. People who were able to attend the event would have heard about some of the great ideas that people had for spending a billion dollars in Newcastle. If you'd like to see what some more of the ideas submitted were, and read a report of the competition you can download a copy of the report at http://newinstitute.org.au/?p=686