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Fassifern to Hexham rail bypass needs spur line along Hunter River to benefit container terminal and other Port of Newcastle developments

By Editorial
September 29 2021 - 5:00am
CROSSINGS: This map, adapted from a City of Newcastle document, shows its spur line (in purple) crossing the Hunter River three times to reach Hexham. Picture: Tracy Peters
CROSSINGS: This map, adapted from a City of Newcastle document, shows its spur line (in purple) crossing the Hunter River three times to reach Hexham. Picture: Tracy Peters

PROPOSALS for a new railway line to take freight trains out of suburban Newcastle and Lake Macquarie have been around for decades.

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