Hello everyone! Please see below an advertisement placed in the Northern Rivers Times listing those candidates who have promised to support our proposal if elected.
AGM Notice to NRRL Members – Supporters Welcome Dear members, This is a notice of the 2023 Northern Rivers Rail Ltd Annual General Meeting: Annual General Meeting of the Northern Rivers Rail Ltd, being held at the Ocean Shores Country Club, Orana Road, Ocean Shores NSW 2483 at 2pm on Saturday 2 December 2023. Agenda: Welcome Annual Report Financial and Audit Reports Business Arising Appointment of Auditor Election of Board Directors Afternoon Tea We are holding an election for directors if you would like more information or a proxy voting form, please give us a call on 0422 007 724 or 0431 477 455 or email admin@northernriversrail.com.au . To be eligible to vote you have to be a paid member which costs $20 or $10 concession. To renew your membership, go to the Memberships page on the website or pay before the meeting commences. We look forward to seeing you on Saturday afternoon! Lydia Kindred Secretary Northern Rivers Rail Ltd
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...
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...