From Sydney through Armidale, Glen Innes and Tenterfield to Wallangarra on the Queensland border, this line operated for decades — right up until the late 1980s.
Watch this footage and ask yourself:
If trains ran successfully then, why wouldn’t they run now?
The region hasn’t disappeared.
Freight hasn’t disappeared.
The need for affordable transport certainly hasn’t disappeared.
What has changed is the political will.
The world is moving toward:
✔️ lower emissions
✔️ stronger regional connectivity
✔️ rail freight revival
✔️ sustainable transport
Yet we are being asked to rip up a strategic rail corridor to build a recreational bike trail.
That’s not progress. That’s retreat.
Before we remove critical infrastructure, we should ask a simple question:
Are we building for the next 50 years — or erasing options for the next generation?
Watch the video and decide for yourself:
Majestic trains once ran proudly north of Armidale — carrying people, freight and opportunity.
From Sydney through Armidale, Glen Innes and Tenterfield to Wallangarra on the Queensland border, this line operated for decades — right up until the late 1980s.
Watch this footage and ask yourself:
If trains ran successfully then, why wouldn’t they run now?
The region hasn’t disappeared.
Freight hasn’t disappeared.
The need for affordable transport certainly hasn’t disappeared.
What has changed is the political will.
The world is moving toward:
✔️ lower emissions
✔️ stronger regional connectivity
✔️ rail freight revival
✔️ sustainable transport
Yet we are being asked to rip up a strategic rail corridor to build a recreational bike trail.
That’s not progress. That’s retreat.
Before we remove critical infrastructure, we should ask a simple question:
Are we building for the next 50 years — or erasing options for the next generation?
Watch the video and decide for yourself:
https://youtu.be/Y46ExL_A_1s?si=NRKaAUWES1CEYu0u
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#KeepTheRailCorridor #FutureProofOurRegion #NorthernRail #RegionalTransport