Funding setback for Northern Rivers Rail Trail

Trail without the rail

The news that the grant application for the ‘trail without the rail’ has been knocked back is good news for all those who want and need safe, regular, climate-friendly, non-road, public transport throughout our region. The local and regional railway companies who have spent five years and over $300,000 so far on finalising the required reports for UGL Regional Linx and Transport for NSW (TfNSW) are still on track to extend train services on the …

Funding setback for Northern Rivers Rail Trail

Two regional New South Wales councils have suffered a major funding setback after the federal government denied an application to complete one of the nation’s leading rail trails.Submitted in 2024, the $42 million application would have delivered funding to progress the Northern Rivers Rail Trail from Lismore to Bexhill. With the NRRT covering four local government areas – the Tweed, Byron, Lismore and Richmond Valley councils – the funding appl…