{"id":30964,"date":"2025-01-19T10:52:25","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T10:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=30964"},"modified":"2025-01-19T10:52:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T10:52:25","slug":"regional-nsw-community-to-have-a-say-on-proposed-coach-timetable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/19\/regional-nsw-community-to-have-a-say-on-proposed-coach-timetable\/","title":{"rendered":"Regional NSW community to have a say on proposed coach timetable"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The regional NSW community is invited to have a say on proposed NSW TrainLink&nbsp;coach&nbsp;timetable changes that are due to come into effect in mid-2026 to better meet the needs of the travelling public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NSW TrainLink is the state\u2019s long distance regional public transport provider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its&nbsp;coach&nbsp;network services an area including the state&#8217;s north coast, north west, western NSW and southern NSW, connecting communities and providing links to rail services and larger centres. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The proposed changes to NSW TrainLink&nbsp;coach&nbsp;services include adjusted timetables to meet passenger needs, new routes, additional services on some existing routes, new stops to improve local access and connections to rail and reduced travel times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The planned changes are based on extensive community and stakeholder feedback from a range of sources including regular customer and operator feedback, and the NSW Bus Taskforce. The proposed&nbsp;coach&nbsp;timetable would not impact train times or services.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following public consultation, a final service plan will be developed and&nbsp;coach&nbsp;operators will be able to apply for new NSW TrainLink contracts that are proposed to take effect from mid 2026.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Community members can find details of the proposed routes and provide feedback at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.com%2Fv3%2F__https%3A%2F%2Fwww.haveyoursay.nsw.gov.au%2Ftrainlink-coach-network-review__%3B!!DUUbG7Thu1Mg3h4szpc!pcV6wTLNEfuYgjFv8lGgLWbhe-Vz-3hR_KLdltgdrru0CCwVMqGTr_VJs4njD4lIS83p_1WXrvHEyQ7WS02ygwxgwLroeSIe43kRMvPg0UbawgPpHayXbA%24&amp;data=05%7C02%7CMel.Pearce%40transport.nsw.gov.au%7C56be62f6834548ecd91608dd336dad4d%7Ccb356782ad9a47fb878b7ebceb85b86c%7C0%7C0%7C638723268333370497%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=wxlsvk6WpxMR%2Ba53wlc4Hy9hnKYaQO9wYDAahcorCl4%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">haveyoursay.nsw.gov.au\/trainlink-coach-network-review<\/a>&nbsp;until Friday, 14 February.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Across the NSW TrainLink network there are currently 571&nbsp;coach&nbsp;services each week across 39 routes, with over 420,000 passenger journeys made each year.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The regional NSW community is invited to have a say on proposed NSW TrainLink&nbsp;coach&nbsp;timetable changes that are due to come into effect in mid-2026 to better meet the needs of the travelling public. NSW TrainLink is the state\u2019s long distance regional public transport provider. Its&nbsp;coach&nbsp;network services an area including the state&#8217;s north coast, north west, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/19\/regional-nsw-community-to-have-a-say-on-proposed-coach-timetable\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Regional NSW community to have a say on proposed coach timetable&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30964"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30965,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30964\/revisions\/30965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}