MEMBERS of an Orange rail group hope the announcement of a second Bathurst Bullet daily train service to Sydney will be a chance for their city to get on board.
Subscribe now for unlimited access.
$0/
(min cost $0)
or signup to continue reading
Orange Rail Action Group member Neil Jones said the additional service, scheduled to depart Bathurst for Sydney at 7.30am, is an opportunity for the new train to be stabled in Orange.
"Access to the current early morning 5.46am Bathurst Bullet service requires the catching of a 4.55am coach from Orange, or driving by car to Bathurst," Mr Jones said.
"Orange and region residents need and deserve a more convenient and direct train service to Sydney, without having to take the coach connection to Bathurst or Lithgow."
READ MORE:
Mr Jones said the proposed new Bullet service could start its journey in Orange at 6.15am, then also connect to Millthorpe and Blayney, and still arrive in Bathurst by 7.30am, its scheduled departure time for Sydney.
A petition calling for a daily return service, track upgrades and new trains has attracted more than 7000 signatures and is approaching the necessary 10,000 mark to enable it to be tabled by Orange MP Phil Donato, and debated in Parliament.
Sign up for our free morning headlines email
Tanya Marschke
I am based at Orange and cover a wide range of subjects as well as the weekly business column. I've worked consistently in the the media industry since 2006 including the past seven years at the Central Western Daily. Before moving to Orange, I worked as a journalist at weekly newspapers the Beaudesert Times and the Gold Coast Sun in Queensland, as well as the Scone Advocate in the Hunter Valley. I started my career at the Ridge News in Lightning Ridge while I completed my journalism studies remotely at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst.
I am based at Orange and cover a wide range of subjects as well as the weekly business column. I've worked consistently in the the media industry since 2006 including the past seven years at the Central Western Daily. Before moving to Orange, I worked as a journalist at weekly newspapers the Beaudesert Times and the Gold Coast Sun in Queensland, as well as the Scone Advocate in the Hunter Valley. I started my career at the Ridge News in Lightning Ridge while I completed my journalism studies remotely at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst.
