A map mix up in the Hunter Strategic Regional Integrated Transport Plan is drawing attention to calls for a train station at Glendale.
The plan announced by the State Government last week identifies Glendale as a future transport destination, but the map appears to mistakenly mark railway next to the shopping centre between Cardiff and Cockle Creek as an existing station.
The map also appears to include Civic and Newcastle stations, which were cut over ten years ago before the introduction of light rail on Hunter Street.
Plans for a Glendale station have been talked of for decades, most recently floated in 2019 amid talk of a Lake Macquarie Transport Interchange, but by 2021 Lake Macquarie MP Greg Piper said it was “flogging a dead horse”.
We asked Transport Minister Jenny Aitchison’s office about the maps. We were told the plan does not contain concrete commitments but strategic direction, and does generally flag Glendale as a focus area for better service provision.
