2019 NSW Election – Does your candidate support public transport?

Restore Inner West Line and Save T3 asked candidates in the 2019 NSW Election

Do you support?

  1. Restoring the Inner West Line from City to Liverpool/Bankstown via Regents Park?
  2. Saving the T3 Bankstown Line to maintain the direct heavy rail line to the City Circle?
  3. Express Western Line trains for Lidcombe, Auburn, Clyde and Granville?

Auburn

Candidate Party Restore Inner West Line Save Bankstown Line Express Western Line
Lynda Voltz Labor Yes Yes Maybe
Janet Castle The Greens Yes Yes Maybe
Christina Kang Liberal No No No
Kieron Lee Keep Sydney Open
Luke Ahern Independent Yes Yes Yes

Bankstown

Candidate Party Restore Inner West Line Save Bankstown Line Express Western Line
Saud Abu-Samen Independent Yes Yes N/A
George Zakhia Liberal No No N/A
Tania Mihailuk Labor Yes Yes N/A
James Rooney The Greens Yes Yes N/A

Cabramatta

Candidate Party Restore Inner West Line Save Bankstown Line Express Western Line
Phuoc Vo Independent Yes Yes N/A
Dai Le Independent N/A
Nick Lalich Labor Yes Yes N/A
Austin Le Liberal No No N/A
Christopher James The Greens Yes Yes N/A

East Hills

Candidate Party Restore Inner West Line Save Bankstown Line Express Western Line
Lisa Maddock Keep Sydney Open Yes N/A
Suzan Virago The Greens Yes Yes N/A
Owen Butt Christian Democratic Party N/A
Wendy Lindsay Liberal No No N/A
Heather Barnes Animal Justice Party N/A
Cameron Murphy Labor Yes N/A
Chris Brogan Independent Yes Yes N/A

Granville

Candidate Party Restore Inner West Line Save Bankstown Line Express Western Line
Julia Finn Labor Yes Yes Maybe
Steven Lopez Independent Yes Yes
Linda Harris Independent/Communist Yes Yes
Abdul Charaf Independent Yes Yes Yes
Benjamin Prociv The Greens Yes Yes Maybe
Keith Piper Christian Democratic Party
Rohan Laxmanalal Animal Justice Party Maybe Maybe Maybe
Tony Issa Liberal No No Yes

Liverpool

Candidate Party Restore Inner West Line Save Bankstown Line Express Western Line
Michael Andjelkovic Independent Yes Yes N/A
Paul Zadro Liberal No No N/A
Signe Westerberg The Greens Yes Yes N/A
Adam Novek Australian Conservatives N/A
Paul Lynch Labor Yes Yes N/A
Chand Ravneel Keep Sydney Open N/A

Strathfield

Candidate Party Restore Inner West Line Save Bankstown Line Express Western Line
Crisetta Macleod The Greens Yes Yes Maybe
Vinay Orekondy Keep Sydney Open
Simon Fletcher Animal Justice Party Maybe Yes
Philip Madirazza Liberal No No No
Jack Liang Australian Conservatives
Jodi Mckay Labor Yes Yes Maybe

Note:

Labor leader Michael Daley and The Greens’ transport spokeswoman Cate Faehrmann have both written to us confirming their respective parties’ continued support for restoring the Inner West Line to Liverpool/Bankstown via Regents Park.

A senior official within the Transport department has written to us advising that the Liberal government’s previous correspondence about holding no policy to restore the Inner West Line remains current.

The Liberal Party have committed to the Sydenham-Bankstown Metro (removal of direct trains to City for 9 stations west of Bankstown). The Labor Party (and the Greens) have committed to cancelling this project.

The Labor Party has committed to a review of the Sydney Trains timetable introduced in 2017.

The Christian Democratic Party has previously supported Restore Inner West Line, with Reverend Fred Nile raising concerns about the train services with Gladys Berejiklian in 2015.

The Animal Justice Party and Keep Sydney Open are yet to finalise their position on Restore Inner West Line but some candidates have indicated their support to Save T3 Bankstown Line (oppose the Sydenham-Bankstown Metro Southwest).

The Australian Conservatives have yet to provide a response to our questions about transport.

One Nation’s NSW leader Mark Latham has confirmed that Metro Southwest will not be a part of his public transport policy and that such project is a waste of money.