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Retain and Re-develop Great Northern railway from Armidale to Qld Border By Siri Gamage Source : change.org Why this petition matters Save Our train line from Armidale to Queensland from being ripped up! Sign this petition to prevent the rail line from Armidale to the Queensland border being ripped up! A current proposal to build a bike riding track from Armidale to Glen Innes on the existing railway line-called a rail trail- is close to being successful.  A bike riding track is all well and good, but we shouldn’t rip out existing essential infrastructure to do it. Rail is, and has always been, critical infrastructure. As the inland rail line is constructed, it is absolutely essential that we do not cut off a potential link from the New England with the inland rail line. Additionally, the need for people in the New England to go north to Brisbane as much as we need ...