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}} The Newcastle Light Rail is a proposed Australian light rail line in Newcastle, New South Wales, running from Wickham Transport Interchange through the central business district to Pacific Park. ==History== For decades the Newcastle railway line had been seen as an impediment to the redevelopment of Newcastle's central business district with many proposals for its closure.〔(Working group releases Newcastle city rail report ) ''ABC News'' 21 November 2003〕〔(Iemma backflips on Newcastle rail decision as Cabinet set to meet ) ''ABC News'' 21 February 2006〕 In December 2012, the Government of New South Wales announced its intention to close the line east of Wickham with the closure of Wickham, Civic and Newcastle stations.〔(The deepest cut...Newcastle's rail line to go ) ''ABC News'' 14 December 2012〕 The line closed between Hamilton and Newcastle stations on 25 December 2014, with a new Wickham Transport Interchange to open in late 2016.〔(Tender awarded to design and construct new Wickham interchange ) Transport for NSW 18 December 2014〕 Two options were put forward for the light rail route - reusing the heavy rail corridor or using an on-street route. In May 2014, it was announced a light rail line would be built using a predominately on-street route. About of the existing rail corridor east of Wickham station will be reused, before the light rail proceeds along Scott and Hunter Streets to terminate at Pacific Park.〔(Newcastle Light Rail Announced ) Transport for NSW 23 May 2014〕〔(Light rail route for city finally unveiled ) ''ABC News'' 23 May 2014〕〔(Map ) Fairfax Regional〕 The decision to use a predominately on-street route drew mixed reactions and led to speculation that the railway corridor could be sold to property developers.〔(Light rail decision draws mixed reactions ) ''Newcastle Herald'' 23 May 2014〕 It also went against the advice of Transport for NSW, which supported reusing the heavy rail corridor and advised the government that an on-street route could cost almost $100 million extra and deliver a slower service. In December 2014, the Government announced that Newcastle City Council would have the final say in determining any future development in the former rail corridor.〔(Revitalisation of Newcastle: The People's Project ) Transport for NSW 4 December 2014〕 The replacement of the heavy rail line with light rail has also been controversial. Several newspapers in the Hunter region led a campaign to retain the heavy rail link.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.maitlandmercury.com.au/story/2504252/save-hunter-rail-get-on-board/ )〕 Newcastle City Council was initially supportive of the light rail project, but following a mayoral by-election in November 2014 the council advocated retaining the heavy rail line instead.〔(Council switches track on rail plan ) ''Newcastle Herald'' 11 December 2014〕 Construction is scheduled to commence in late 2015 and $103 million was allocated towards the project in the NSW Budget for the 2015-16 financial year.〔(New era for Newcastle ) Transport for NSW 26 December 2014〕〔(Infrastructure Statement 2015-16 ) Budget Paper #3 Infrastructure Statement, p 4-7, 23 June 2015 〕 In early August 2015 Transport for NSW put out a tender for a technical advisor to assist in the development of this project.〔(Tender released for light rail technical advisor ) Transport for NSW 4 August 2015〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Newcastle Light Rail」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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