Reopen NSW Rail Network Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/reopen-nsw-rail-network.html Online petition signatures en-us Tue, 14 Apr 2026 04:28 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Ms Anonymous [Signature #210] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/22101531?utm_medium=rss Please support restoration of this historic rail track.

]]> Sun, 25 Mar 2018 09:54:00 UTC 22101531 Mrs Cynthia Williams [Signature #209] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19733996?utm_medium=rss Sun, 14 Feb 2016 10:34:34 UTC 19733996 ms bronwyn morris [Signature #208] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19732791?utm_medium=rss this will be great for people who want to visit family and friends especially for families of young children like myself i travel to and from Sydney 2-3 times a year and my daughter suffers as she has a bad hip and dosnt like sitting still for long periods of time this will also be greatly appreciated by the elderly and for school trips insted of a 4 hour car or bus trip it will shorten the time people are traveling witch will also help our roads come holiday season

]]> Sun, 14 Feb 2016 03:45:11 UTC 19732791 Ma Allison Theunissen [Signature #207] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19732790?utm_medium=rss Sun, 14 Feb 2016 03:43:49 UTC 19732790 Miss Kerry Wakeling [Signature #206] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19732786?utm_medium=rss Sun, 14 Feb 2016 03:41:28 UTC 19732786 Mr Will Hardman [Signature #205] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19732781?utm_medium=rss Sun, 14 Feb 2016 03:37:18 UTC 19732781 Miss Sophie Shigelski [Signature #204] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19732773?utm_medium=rss I think opening up the railway from cooma to canberra would be a great idea. Would be excellent for the town business etc.
Also for the people who are wanting to head to canberra just for the day. I think this is perfect. After all cooma is the gate way to the snow fields

]]> Sun, 14 Feb 2016 03:26:49 UTC 19732773 Mr Glenn Miners [Signature #203] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19732772?utm_medium=rss I am a family of 4 my partner and 2 young children. I think it would be a a great idea would open up alot of opportunitys to the town and also would make it alot affordable for people who work in canberra etc . Also a good family day out in canberra for the weekend

]]> Sun, 14 Feb 2016 03:23:22 UTC 19732772 Mr Matty Burke [Signature #202] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19732732?utm_medium=rss Sun, 14 Feb 2016 02:16:42 UTC 19732732 Miss Natalie Jardine [Signature #201] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19732585?utm_medium=rss Sat, 13 Feb 2016 10:22:33 UTC 19732585 mr William Strauss [Signature #200] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19400092?utm_medium=rss Restoration of this line would be essential for snow season traffic and a Cooma XPT service would solve a lot of road congestion issues

]]> Sun, 18 Oct 2015 11:14:02 UTC 19400092 mr david Rowe [Signature #199] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18948741?utm_medium=rss I will be moving down to cooma soon.

]]> Thu, 4 Jun 2015 08:13:20 UTC 18948741 mr greg nichols [Signature #198] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17983454?utm_medium=rss This line should have never closed.And must be re-opened to help get traffic off the highway.

]]> Sun, 5 Oct 2014 04:59:08 UTC 17983454 Mr David Jarman [Signature #197] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16873032?utm_medium=rss Everywhere I travelled that once had a rail service to is in decay. The towns that where once thriving are now in decline. Our major cities are crowded with land prices skyrocketing. People don't move to a place where there is no recognised transport and railways are seen as reliable transport. The formations are there and often track still in place, sure bridges that are wooden will need to be replaced but now a new government hell bent on stopping waste and being known as an infrastructure government this could be a nation wide project breathing life back into regional centres and creating opportunity for private rail operators to provide regular passenger services. Hell if there is private bus companies why not rail? Money we'll spent! Lives saved and prosperity for all!

]]> Sat, 22 Feb 2014 12:24:09 UTC 16873032 mr joey doyle [Signature #196] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16750270?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 Feb 2014 02:05:10 UTC 16750270 mr peter o'rourke [Signature #195] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16739070?utm_medium=rss Wed, 5 Feb 2014 07:31:01 UTC 16739070 Dr Peter Mansour-Nahra [Signature #194] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16738428?utm_medium=rss Wed, 5 Feb 2014 05:02:46 UTC 16738428 Mr Wayne Lampard [Signature #193] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16733883?utm_medium=rss Wed, 5 Feb 2014 02:41:12 UTC 16733883 Mrs Marg Sandefur [Signature #192] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16733256?utm_medium=rss Wed, 5 Feb 2014 12:25:18 UTC 16733256 Mr Anonymous [Signature #191] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16733105?utm_medium=rss Tue, 4 Feb 2014 11:48:38 UTC 16733105 Mrs Maree Campbell [Signature #190] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16732894?utm_medium=rss Tue, 4 Feb 2014 10:50:38 UTC 16732894 Mr Kieran Campbell [Signature #189] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16732834?utm_medium=rss Tue, 4 Feb 2014 10:37:53 UTC 16732834 Mr Kevin Campbell [Signature #188] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16732821?utm_medium=rss Tue, 4 Feb 2014 10:35:58 UTC 16732821 Mr Iain Macpherson [Signature #187] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16178219?utm_medium=rss Very offended by ongoing closure of rail infrastructure.

]]> Sat, 16 Nov 2013 03:42:12 UTC 16178219 Mr Liam Turbet [Signature #186] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16071851?utm_medium=rss Wed, 30 Oct 2013 02:34:43 UTC 16071851 mr terry koschel [Signature #185] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15152825?utm_medium=rss also reopen Tocumwal narandera rail line as well standardise rail gauge across Australia
is a must lets get the rail network going
again

]]> Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:44:41 UTC 15152825 Broady Graham [Signature #184] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15110195?utm_medium=rss Yes this is absolutely vital for nsw

]]> Mon, 22 Apr 2013 05:20:35 UTC 15110195 Tess Cholson [Signature #183] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15035316?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Apr 2013 07:40:44 UTC 15035316 Mr Neil James [Signature #182] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14910142?utm_medium=rss Sun, 17 Mar 2013 06:19:45 UTC 14910142 Mr Paul Evans [Signature #181] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14753496?utm_medium=rss Railways are considered by many to relate more to the past, but they are increasingly being expanded in many countries around the world, as Governments and citizens alike realise their important role in a thriving economy, and to boost lagging economies.
I cannot commend this petition highly enough.

]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 01:19:50 UTC 14753496 Bill King [Signature #180] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14375291?utm_medium=rss The rail system will relieve the overloaded road network and reduce the number of crashes, thus saving lives.Is the Government interested in saving lives ???? Its there lets use it.The savings on the road network will just be spent on the railway.

]]> Wed, 9 Jan 2013 04:49:03 UTC 14375291 Mr Vincent Patrech [Signature #179] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14123824?utm_medium=rss Re open the line get the trucks off the Road!

]]> Sat, 24 Nov 2012 05:15:45 UTC 14123824 Mrs Robin Cochrane [Signature #178] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14074649?utm_medium=rss Mon, 12 Nov 2012 08:50:02 UTC 14074649 mR vincent Marty [Signature #177] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14074284?utm_medium=rss Mon, 12 Nov 2012 07:09:39 UTC 14074284 Mr Andrew Kemp [Signature #176] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14056065?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Nov 2012 12:18:11 UTC 14056065 Mr Antony Beardmore [Signature #175] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13967286?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Oct 2012 09:48:37 UTC 13967286 Mr Richard O'Brien [Signature #174] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13837317?utm_medium=rss Wed, 26 Sep 2012 08:03:03 UTC 13837317 Anonymous [Signature #173] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13534754?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:57:46 UTC 13534754 Mr. Geoffrey McKnight [Signature #172] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13343806?utm_medium=rss Anything to get old train lines going again.

]]> Tue, 17 Jul 2012 04:12:53 UTC 13343806 mr darren perkins [Signature #171] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13232750?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Jul 2012 02:35:36 UTC 13232750 Mr Robin Hicks [Signature #170] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12932513?utm_medium=rss In the light of Peak Oil and the hidden economic and social costs of heavy freight road transport, many railway lines that were closed need to be reopened to provide a safer alternative means of transporting freight, as well as for public transport.

]]> Mon, 28 May 2012 10:11:25 UTC 12932513 Ms Anonymous [Signature #169] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12679599?utm_medium=rss I grew up in Victoria and saw what a transformation and major investment the Puffing Billy tourist train/s became to the Victorian highlands. Canberra very much needs the tourist train to benefit the Cooma/Southern Canberra connection, as well as assisting commuters.

]]> Fri, 4 May 2012 06:59:46 UTC 12679599 Mr Anonymous [Signature #168] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12614345?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Apr 2012 02:22:10 UTC 12614345 MR Matt Williams [Signature #167] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12581411?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 Apr 2012 07:52:09 UTC 12581411 Mr Mark Hertel [Signature #166] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12364488?utm_medium=rss Rail is the future of economical and reduced emmission transport. Not only will it enrich the region, but if considered in context with a speed rail down the eastern board of Autralia, will represent a real break away from vehicle trafic on the highways.

]]> Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:29:37 UTC 12364488 Mr Chester Graham [Signature #165] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12226744?utm_medium=rss Sat, 18 Feb 2012 06:46:38 UTC 12226744 Mr Janakan Srikhanta [Signature #164] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12176268?utm_medium=rss Let, as before the small business and those who wish to do shopping and visit friends and relatives by Rail.

Not all could afford to travel by car and Rail is comparativeley enviromental friendly

]]> Thu, 9 Feb 2012 07:03:22 UTC 12176268 Mrs Gleness Barnett [Signature #163] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12175339?utm_medium=rss urgently needed for people and freight

]]> Thu, 9 Feb 2012 04:17:18 UTC 12175339 Ms Diane O'Mara [Signature #162] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12174952?utm_medium=rss Reopening regional rail networks would also help address unemployment in these areas.

]]> Thu, 9 Feb 2012 03:25:00 UTC 12174952 Dr Stan Baker [Signature #161] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12116974?utm_medium=rss I also believe the Blayney - Cowra line should be re-opened.

]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:34:17 UTC 12116974 Dr Vicky Sheppeard [Signature #160] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12113512?utm_medium=rss Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:45:42 UTC 12113512 Ms Rebecca Wootton [Signature #159] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12092790?utm_medium=rss Rail travel is more sustainable, efficient and safer it is a worthwhile investment

]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:20:09 UTC 12092790 Ray Goodlass [Signature #158] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12091813?utm_medium=rss Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:34:31 UTC 12091813 Mr Ian Hill [Signature #157] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12088269?utm_medium=rss The Canberra to Cooma Railway was the NSW equivalent of the Rio Grande of central USA in terms of its majestic terrain and commanding scenery. Past Cooma the line to Bombala was even more rustic and enchanting. There are a collection of historic timber bridges on the Canberra to Cooma line which require respect and care. Reopening the railway would protect them rather than let them decay away to oblivion.

]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:05:51 UTC 12088269 Mr Evan ROCHE [Signature #156] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12088232?utm_medium=rss With new technologies now available, trains win just about every time - faster, safer, more comfortable and more eco-friendly

]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:54:33 UTC 12088232 mr john mellon [Signature #155] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12086594?utm_medium=rss Why stop at Cooma?
What about reopening other closed lines to tourist centers like Mudgee/Gulgong?
I'm sure you've already done so, but the guys at Oberon/Tarana Rail Historical Society seem to be getting on with it at their end, which is encouraging! Keep up the good work!

]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:20:13 UTC 12086594 Ms Diana Covell [Signature #154] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12080930?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:30:15 UTC 12080930 Mr Anonymous [Signature #153] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11927936?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Jan 2012 01:29:34 UTC 11927936 Barry Power [Signature #152] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11920001?utm_medium=rss Closing Railway tracks is backward planning. Australia has an ageing population, most retirees, like myself, will turn to public transport and avoid the ever-rising, taxes, etc, associated with running a motor vehicle

]]> Sat, 31 Dec 2011 10:41:52 UTC 11920001 Ms Prue Moloney [Signature #151] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11903236?utm_medium=rss Closing this railway line was not a good idea.

]]> Tue, 27 Dec 2011 06:47:18 UTC 11903236 Zena Davies [Signature #150] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11892180?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:14:09 UTC 11892180 Benjamin Tancred [Signature #149] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11822915?utm_medium=rss With the NSW rail network open again it will take buses of the road. Also it will make travel quicker.

]]> Fri, 9 Dec 2011 01:22:44 UTC 11822915 Mr Mark Norton [Signature #148] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11822682?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Dec 2011 11:14:13 UTC 11822682 Mrs Signe Westerberg [Signature #147] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11822514?utm_medium=rss Come on ... refresh the infrastructure and connect the stations...dots... its' time

]]> Thu, 8 Dec 2011 09:45:45 UTC 11822514 Mrs Janet Schofield [Signature #146] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11821825?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Dec 2011 05:37:26 UTC 11821825 claire cosh [Signature #145] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11743553?utm_medium=rss Sun, 27 Nov 2011 04:58:27 UTC 11743553 Rebecca Plumbe [Signature #144] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11740628?utm_medium=rss Sun, 27 Nov 2011 02:10:03 UTC 11740628 Mr Kevin Talor [Signature #143] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11734178?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:13:22 UTC 11734178 ms jane stephens [Signature #142] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11729249?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:54:30 UTC 11729249 Dr George Morgan [Signature #141] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11516544?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Nov 2011 02:00:34 UTC 11516544 Mr Tony Backhouse [Signature #140] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11516198?utm_medium=rss In the era of peak oil and global warming we need to move towards rail transport because of it's comparatively small carbon footprint. Our rail networks need to be expanded and made more versatile

Tony Backhouse

]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:02:49 UTC 11516198 Mrs Signe Westerberg [Signature #139] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11516159?utm_medium=rss its time to do whats good for the entire state, not just talk about it!

]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:42:52 UTC 11516159 Mr Colin Hesse [Signature #138] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11516071?utm_medium=rss Our railways are an asset paid for by the taxpayer and should be properly utilised. Do let them crumble is waste of taxpers dollars. We should also factor in the need for improved bulk freight capacity as the cost of petrol/diesel rises with peak oil. To ignore these assets is to ignore the future. Upgrading and mainatining these lines will also create locally based regional employment to the benefit of country NSW.

]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:19:48 UTC 11516071 Ms Lisa Metcalfe [Signature #137] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11504716?utm_medium=rss Great for transport. Great for biodiversity. Get the rail networks open again.

]]> Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:48:02 UTC 11504716 Ms Anna Schlunke [Signature #136] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11493232?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Nov 2011 04:55:33 UTC 11493232 Mr Gavin Imhof [Signature #135] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11436063?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 Nov 2011 10:12:00 UTC 11436063 Mr Ray Goodlass [Signature #134] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11423241?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:36:21 UTC 11423241 Ms Frances Myers [Signature #133] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11416606?utm_medium=rss Cooma is becoming a destination for Canberra workers. Restoring the rail line would increase their safety and keep cars off the highway.

]]> Fri, 28 Oct 2011 10:38:07 UTC 11416606 Mr Michael Steel [Signature #132] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11340534?utm_medium=rss We will need all the railways we've got once petrol and diesel become very expensive after peak oil has been passed.

]]> Mon, 17 Oct 2011 06:15:40 UTC 11340534 Ms Diane O'Mara [Signature #131] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11331606?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Oct 2011 08:48:07 UTC 11331606 Mrs Felicity Crombach [Signature #130] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11330278?utm_medium=rss Railways are cost effective and can be adapted to run on solar produced electricity. Much less destructive to the environment and the community than running trucks on highways.

]]> Sun, 16 Oct 2011 04:30:20 UTC 11330278 Tony Newman [Signature #129] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11310557?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:10:28 UTC 11310557 Mr Beau Winter [Signature #128] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11310117?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:59:55 UTC 11310117 Mr Robert Bryce [Signature #127] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11269652?utm_medium=rss Thu, 6 Oct 2011 04:09:25 UTC 11269652 Ms Rhonda Green [Signature #126] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11239264?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Sep 2011 06:58:34 UTC 11239264 John Butcher [Signature #125] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11236210?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Sep 2011 05:09:57 UTC 11236210 Michael Simth [Signature #124] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11235664?utm_medium=rss We need to get trucks and buses off our roads and make use of cleaner railways instead.

]]> Fri, 30 Sep 2011 02:04:58 UTC 11235664 Lani Imhof [Signature #123] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11235657?utm_medium=rss There are too many trucks and buses on the roads, and they present a major hazard, as well adding to costly road damage. With more people and goods being able to travel by rail, this would reduce the amount of dangerous trucks and buses on our roads.

]]> Fri, 30 Sep 2011 02:03:45 UTC 11235657 Margaret Armstrong [Signature #122] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11234525?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Sep 2011 06:19:38 UTC 11234525 Mr David Whistler [Signature #121] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11234410?utm_medium=rss Regenerate regional rail.

]]> Thu, 29 Sep 2011 05:46:15 UTC 11234410 Mr Tim Scrace [Signature #120] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11234231?utm_medium=rss I strongly urge the NSW goverment to investigate the re-opening of the Canberra to Cooma rail line. I realise that the economics may not be there at the moment, but with increasing fuel prices, it is likely that it will be feasible for both freight and passenger travel in the coming 5 years or so.

]]> Thu, 29 Sep 2011 05:04:21 UTC 11234231 Linda Coyle [Signature #119] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11229145?utm_medium=rss Wed, 28 Sep 2011 06:30:37 UTC 11229145 Sarah Barker [Signature #118] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11209810?utm_medium=rss Sat, 24 Sep 2011 08:18:10 UTC 11209810 Mr Paul Falzon [Signature #117] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11200298?utm_medium=rss Dear Mp's,

please consider reopening this rail link.

]]> Thu, 22 Sep 2011 03:44:37 UTC 11200298 Mr Patty Soh [Signature #116] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11179454?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Sep 2011 06:31:56 UTC 11179454 Manny Martin [Signature #115] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11178857?utm_medium=rss Re Open the lines now.

]]> Sun, 18 Sep 2011 02:52:26 UTC 11178857 George Copeland [Signature #114] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11178743?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Sep 2011 01:48:51 UTC 11178743 Ms Lynn Clugston [Signature #113] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11178723?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Sep 2011 01:37:54 UTC 11178723 Ms Jane McIntyre [Signature #112] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11178655?utm_medium=rss Rail makes sense:
1. Decongests roads, roads less damaged
2. Less harmful emissions

Thanks

]]> Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:59:16 UTC 11178655 Miss Charlie Pritchard [Signature #111] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11175384?utm_medium=rss Sat, 17 Sep 2011 03:58:28 UTC 11175384