Don't kid yourself that this will get upgraded on the short to medium term (or even long term) once the rail is cut.

Once the money allocated to the project from the port sell off is spent, that's all we are getting. Newcastle will never be as valuable to politicians as that other regional centre, western Sydney.

To be honest, it wouldn't take 5-10 years to an a proper solution if the will was there. There isn't and while I want the rail gone I do question the govt's motives for doing so. They aren't coming back in the future to expand the light rail. What we get is what we get and its selling us short.