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New England Rail Trail

Posted inArmidale, Armidale Regional, Local politics, Regional Development

Council seeks over a million dollars to persist with controversial rail trail

blankby Kath JacobsOctober 20, 2025October 21, 2025

Armidale Regional Council will this week vote on whether to spend more than a million dollars of ratepayer funds to keep the New England Rail Trail alive, despite repeated funding rejections and ongoing community division over the project.

Posted inArmidale, Federal Politics, Glen Innes, Local politics, NSW Politics

Confirmed: no approval for rail trail, line reactivation a possibility

blankby RK CrosbyNovember 28, 2024

The NSW Government owns the rail line, and they haven’t given anyone else permission to use it. Yet.

Posted inArmidale, Local politics

Rail Trail Fail: Armidale council leaders accused of deliberately hiding grant loss before election

blankby RK CrosbyNovember 26, 2024

The New England Rail Trail was a dominant issue in the lead up to, and during the recent local government election. The whole time the truth that the project had lost its funding was being hidden from voters.

Posted inArmidale, Glen Innes, Grants and funding, Guyra, Local politics, NSW Politics, Roads and Infrastructure

Rail Trail funding pulled

blankby RK CrosbyNovember 25, 2024

The saga of the New England Rail Trail has taken another turn, with bushfire recovery funding allocated to the project being pulled by the NSW Government.

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