Give me 6km of rail and I'll give you 5000 jobs: Mayor's promise

John Ellicott
Updated June 16 2017 - 7:02am, first published 5:00am
Tamworth Mayor Col Murray, whose family has been in the Tamworth district since the 1830s, is hoping the state budget will deliver a $9m railway line grant to help get a major intermodal rail freight hub up and away to boost Tamworth's economy. Tamworth is also being targeted as an international airfreight hub.
Tamworth Mayor Col Murray, whose family has been in the Tamworth district since the 1830s, is hoping the state budget will deliver a $9m railway line grant to help get a major intermodal rail freight hub up and away to boost Tamworth's economy. Tamworth is also being targeted as an international airfreight hub.

A significant intermodal rail freight hub for Tamworth to benefit northern farmers is all but set to go ahead as Tamworth Regional Council awaits the state budget next week.

John Ellicott

John Ellicott

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