REOPENING THE CASINO-MURWILLUMBAH RAIL LINE FOR COMMUTER SERVICES TO CREATE AN INTEGRATED PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE: •Significantly increasing population (Northern Rivers has the highest predicted population growth in NSW) •We have a high reliance on private cars. Rising petrol prices, climate change. Rail would be better for the environment by reducing our co2 emissions Like the Casino-Murwillumbah line, the original Gold Coast railway followed a tortuous steam age alignment. Former Gold Coast Mayor Lex Bell was about 10 years old when the lines shut down, and remembers being a passenger on the old trains. “It was a winding line and it therefore had to be navigated very carefully by the train drivers at the time.” “When the new track was put in it could Assess the cost of developing a rail trail on the entire Casino to Murwillumbah rail line, as well as developing the project in stages. For example from Byron Bay to Bangalow initially. This should include information on existing bridges and other alternatives for crossing creeks and gullies etc. Identify and outline potential funding sources for the initial development and long term The Casino to Murwillumbah Rail Corridor Working Party 17 The 2004 Mini Budget 19 The identification of the Casino to Murwillumbah rail service for closure 19 The growth in overall funding for rail services in NSW 20. GENERAL PURPOSE STANDING COMMITTEE NO. 4 Report 10 – November 2004 vii The ARTC Agreement 21 Proposals for Federal funding of the line 22 The PwC study 23 Chapter 4 The Mur’bah-to-Casino rail line an asset we need. Louise Doran, Ocean Shores. Recent letters claiming the Casino to Murwillumbah train line is in such bad condition that trains will never return are wrong on both points. I agree that any new line will take a completely different route but the local pro rail people are looking at it to connect local villages and to relieve the parking issues in byron from Mullumbimby, Murwillumbah and Lismore rather then being an all singing all dancing high speed line connection to the gold coast that we think about on here. on the Casino-Murwillumbah branch rail line. We have representatives in all local government areas traversed by the line (Tweed Shire, Byron Shire, Lismore City, Richmond River Shire) and have received letters of support from many organisations representing local and regional communities. 1.1 NRTF Objectives Our principle objective is to successfully demonstrate the need and desirability of Casino - Murwillumbah Rail Line; Search thread Image gallery. Subscribers: BL35, wurx. Display from: Quick Reply. We've disabled Quick Reply for this thread as it was last updated more than six months ago. Reply × About this website. Railpage version 3.10.0.0037. All logos and trademarks in this site are property of their respective owner. The comments are property of their posters, all the Members of the Northern Rivers Railway Action Group support the reopening of the Casino to Murwillumbah rail line. "The cost of rail is about 20 times cheaper than roads and rail is 200 times safer. Rail services to Murwillumbah in New South Wales were discontinued in 2004, but now there are plans to re-open the rail line. Byron Shire Council is moving forward with planning for a rail link connecting Mullumbimby and Byron Bay as part of a multi-use activation of the rail corridor.
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A new group is hoping to preserve the disused Murwillumbah-to-Casino rail line corridor by developing it into a rail trail for walkers, cyclists and horse ri... The Casino to Murwillumbah railway line is under threat of closure by a potential legislation change to remove it's status as railway land. It would become c... Courtesy of Google Earth this video shows the rail line between Casino NSW and Murwillumbah NSW the rate of travel is about on par with a high speed train at... Thomas George MP, Member for Lismore, highlights the State Labor Government's lack of foresight, planning and interest in seeing the Casino to Murwillumbah R... On a hot Sunday I ride the Casino (NSW) mini railway. It's an impressive layout of several kilometres with a variety of trains, through wetlands and around t... Skip navigation Sign in. Search Share your videos with friends, family, and the world
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