The Central West Cycle Committee, Bicycle NSW and Rail Trails NSW have put out a pre-election call for there to be deletion of the rule requiring the boxing of bicycles on regional trains and Trainlink coaches.
Committee members of the CWC have developed a detailed document (13 pages) about the changes that can be made at low-cost to allow cyclists to roll their bikes on and off regional trains and coaches. See Bicycles on Regional Trains. A good coverage of the issues is on the Bicycle NSW news site.
Dismantling, boxing and weighing bikes just to board TrainLink is a major deterrent to regional tourism. Cycle tourism will continue to prefer Victoria, NZ and Europe over NSW because the outdated TrainLink policy doesn’t support Roll-On Bikes on All NSW Trains.
Taking bikes onto trains/coaches needs to be a customer friendly experience.