Northern Rivers Rail Ltd News Archive

Press Release Attention all Northern Rivers residents and visitors! We have some exciting news to share with you. We now have the opportunity to bring back your railway! After 20 months of dedicated effort to meet rigorous compliance standards, Northern Regional Railway Company (NRRC) has been granted a 12-month Minor Activities Licence between Bangalow and Yelgun by Transport Asset Holding via Transport for New South Wales and UGL. This is a monumental achievement, and we at Northern Rivers Rail Limited (NRRL) want to congratulate NRRC on their success! This licence will enable us to accurately cost the repair of the railway throughout the Byron Shire and pave the way for the return of railway services. We understand that this may be a controversial issue, but we want to make it clear that NRRL and NRRC are not against rail trails. We are, however, against the removal of railway lines, especially when they can create significant financial and social benefits for regional and rural com...

AGM Notice to NRRL Members – Supporters Welcome Hello Northern Rivers Rail Members and Supporters, This is a notice of the 2022 Northern Rivers Rail Ltd Annual General Meeting: Annual General Meeting of the Northern Rivers Rail Ltd, being held  at the Dalley Street Ex-Services Club, Mullumbimby NSW 2482 at 2pm  on Saturday 19 November 2022. Only those who are financial members may vote. You can join as a member before the meeting. Membership costs $20 per year. Non-members are welcome. If you are interested in becoming a future member of the Board of Northern Rivers Rail Ltd or a member of the Railway Professional Committee or other committees e.g. history, marketing or fundraising, please contact Jan on 0431 477 445 or speak to a director at the AGM. The AGM will be followed by a presentation and an update on our current planning, an open discussion and a ‘Meet & Greet’ to connect with other rail supporters. Nibbles will be provided. Drinks are available at the bar. 2022 ...

The Byron Shire Council is seeking feedback on a proposed route for a cycleway. Please follow the link  here  to express your thoughts and more importantly, submit your feedback!

Notice to all NRRL Members Dear Members of Northern Rivers Rail Limited (NRRL), You are invited to attend a General Meeting of NRRL on Saturday, April 9th at 2pm at St John’s Church Hall, 15 Murwillumbah Road, Mullumbimby. The hall is part of the Catholic Church and School Complex. Plenty of parking and a cuppa on arrival. The hall is on the right on Murwillumbah Road over the Federation Bridge from the Mullumbimby CBD. This past year the NRRL Board has worked diligently on many aspects of saving our Casino to Murwillumbah railway line with the aim of bringing rail services back to the Northern Rivers with a bike trail beside the tracks. We want to share with you, as valued members of Northern Rivers Rail, the actions we have been undertaking during this time, and where we are at this point. We also appreciate your input. We are in the process of engaging with new systems of communication so that we can share information more easily with NRRL members. During the floods, many sections o...

Urgent! Our Local Railway is Being Destroyed Right Now! We need your help to prevent it! A bike track is not enough for our community – we need a railway line as well. We urge you to donate and help us stop the destruction of our railway. Take action now and make a donation! We do not believe the Tweed Shire Council entered proper community consultation to give the thumbs up to approve just a Bike track option. We need a Commuter Light Rail Service to service our communities and not waste a precious corridor of land to minimal use. To do this we need your help to stop the rail line rip up which has now started at the Tweed.  Northern Rivers Rail Ltd (NRRL) needs $100,000 to take legal action. This will buy time for proper community consultation and a way forward to provide multi-use of our railway corridor for the future. A generous donor has already pledged $50,000 to this cause so we need to raise another $50,000 to fight the demolition of the tracks. We are also raising funds to...

Please note, we have updated the candidate list that highlights those who support the return of rail services to the region. This is depicted below and is for your consideration when you vote at the upcoming elections.