Blue Mountains
ABC: NSW inter-city train costs face blowout to make fleet fit tracks on Blue Mountains line
ABC State political reporter, Brigid Glanville, has written an analysis piece looking at the NSW Government’s Blue Mountains rail disaster. Click here to read the full piece. Read More »
Labor lodges train petition in Parliament
Blue Mountains MP Trish Doyle lodged a petition of more than 10,000 signatures in NSW Parliament on September 12, and issued a personal challenge to transport minister Andrew Constance to debate her on the floor of […] Read More »
NSW Labor Conference backs push for locally-built trains
Go Trish Doyle!! As Blue Mountains MP, she has been a tireless advocate for building new trains in NSW. Now she’s had a big win securing the support of delegates to the NSW Labor Conference. […] Read More »
150 years of trains in the Blue Mountains
An important anniversary is looming for train tragics in the Mountains and Valley Heights Rail Museum volunteers are keen to see it remembered. The line between Penrith and Wentworth Falls opened 150 years ago in […] Read More »
‘Jammed in like sardines’ on Blue Mountains trains
The Blue Mountains Gazette has also picked up the story that Blue Mountains trains are so overcrowded they may deter visitors (see our previous post on Loco Express here). Today’s edition has a double-page spread on […] Read More »
Tourism operators fear overcrowded trains will deter visitors to the Blue Mountains
Whilst the current NSW Government would have commuters believe a world class railway is being delivered across the state, the RTBU and Locomotive Division members are well aware that on any given weekend, what is purported […] Read More »
Call for 6 and 8 carriage trains on weekends along the Blue Mountains line
Trish Doyle MP is at it again! Here she is calling for 6 and 8 carriage trains on weekends along the Blue Mountains line. Read More »
Cancel overseas train contract, says Trish Doyle MP
Blue Mountains MP Trish Doyle is a great supporter of rail and a strong advocate for passenger safety. Now she’s calling for the international contract for South Korean consortium Hyundai Rotem to design, manufacture and test the […] Read More »
Trish Doyle MP stands with the RTBU
Great to have Trish Doyle MP, Member for Blue Mountains, standing with the RTBU and her community against the NSW Government’s plan to offshore jobs to South Korea to build the New InterCity Fleet. Locals in the Blue […] Read More »
Blue Mountains Trains Widths & Lengths
Trish Doyle MP explains what’s wrong with the width and length of the NSW Government’s new interurban fleet (NIF) trains for the Blue Mountains. Read More »