Minister for Regional Transport and Roads Jenny Aitchison has announced that the roll-on bikes trial can start next week!
https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/news-and-events/media-releases/minister-inspects-new-regional-rail-fleet-dubbo

From Monday 2 September, a small number of passengers will have the option of bringing bicycles onto the train when they board a select XPT service at Dubbo or Central, WITHOUT having to put them in a bike box.

This is a huge win for the advocates who have signed our petition, written hundreds of letters and kept up the pressure for action. Thank you everyone! For more on the long campaign, head here:
https://bicyclensw.org.au/outwithboxingbikespetition/

And it's a huge win for regional communities and regional tourism. Bike tourism is valued at over $2 billion a year in Australia but NSW misses out on its fair share.

Bicycle NSW thanks the NSW Government for taking this logical step forward.

We don't have more details yet about which services this applies to, how many bikes will be carried or how passengers can book bike spaces.  Note that the images do not show trains in NSW. They are examples of how bikes are carried in other jurisdictions (clockwise from top left: Germany, Victoria, Slovenia and Denmark) and they should inspire NSW TrainLink. Check out Roll-On Bikes on All NSW Trains for more ideas.

Spread the word and try to use the service if you can over the next few weeks. Send positive comments and feedback and encourage NSW TrainLink to turn this small step into something much bigger and more permanent across ALL its NSW routes!