Lift Redfern Station Campaign

Over 40,000 passengers per day walk through the turnstiles at Redfern station, but 10 years after Disability Standards for Accessible Pubic Transport were introduced, there is still no access for disabled people at one of Sydney’s busiest train stations reports Jason Marshall in City Hub on 5 January 2012.

This link takes you to a self registering page for Lift Redfern Supporters. Lift Redfern will use this email list to let those involved in the Lift Redfern Station Campaign about activities. Lift Redfern is determined to come up with over 10,000 signatures for a debate in NSW Parliament and undertake other activities that pressure the Government for immediate lift access on all platforms and not the promise that something will be done when they finally get to upgrade Redfern Station at some unspecified time in the future!

Lift Redfern has been formed by a wide range of community groups who are fed up with no lifts at Redfern Station. The formation meeting bought together organizations including business, the arts, the Aboriginal community, community services, resident groups and local political party branches. Below we have provided some information about some of the groups behind Lift Redfern.

This is the landscape version of the Lift Redfern Petition to Make Redfern Station Accessible Now. Down load this petition and print it off and get everyone to sign it and be part of the 10,000+ signatures that generates a debate in the NSW Parliament asking the Minister for Transport to take immediate action to install lifts at Redfern Station. Petitions can not be electronically signed so file is print only. There is also a portrait version of this petition. File is 226 KB PDF.

This is the portrait version of the Lift Redfern Petition to Make Redfern Station Accessible Now. Down load this petition and print it off and get everyone to sign it and be part of the 10,000+ signatures that generates a debate in the NSW Parliament asking the Minister for Transport to take immediate action to install lifts at Redfern Station. Petitions can not be electronically signed so file is print only. There is also a landscape version of this petition. File is 302KB PDF.

Come along and show your support of Lift Redfern at the media launch for "Platforms & Carriages Week". Special Guests include Clover Moore MP Lord Mayor of Sydney and Disability Discrimination Commissioner Graeme Innes will speak at 8am with brief statements also from from the local community including Professor Stephen Garton the Acting Vice Chancellor of Sydney University, Joel Pringle, Councillor Irene Doutney and Robyn Fortescue. The Launch ends with people moving to Platform 10 for a photo shoot and then off to work talking to comuters and gathering signatures - make sure you get you train ticket early if you are moving onto the platforms.

Media Conference to Launch Lift Redfern will happen at Redfern Station - Rosehill St entrance at 8am, Monday 19 March. Speakers: Australian Disability Discrimination Commissioner Graeme Innes, City of Sydney Lord Mayor and Member for Sydney Clover Moore, Professor Stephen Garton, Acting Vice Chancellor of the University of Sydney, Greens Councillor Irene Doutney and members from the local community. The text of the media statement of 18 March 2012 is below:

REDFERN: Campaign organisers and local residents gathered outside Redfern station on Monday March 19 to mark the official launch of the Lift Redfern campaign, as frustration over government inaction grows. The campaign is lobbying for lifts to be installed at Redfern station, as current access options are unsafe and unusable for many public transport users with mobility issues reports Charles Turnbull in the April 2012 edition of The South Sydney Herald.

The City of Sydney has stepped up pressure on government ministers to address the issue of poor facilities at Redfern Station reports Punam Vyas in City News on 12 April 2012.

A coalition of residents, workers, business, disability and community groups demands immediate action to ensure access at one of Sydneyʼs busiest railway stations as disabled and less mobile community members continue to be shut off from the transport network says this media release from Lift Redfern on 30 April 2012.

Redfern Station is a nightmare for the disabled and the elderly, and the O'Farrell government doesn't seem to care report Chanel 10 news in the item on Redfern Station and Lift Redfern.

THE Lift Redfern Campaign will finally get its moment in parliament tomorrow reports James Gorman in Central on 22 August 2012.

Lift Redfern will meet on Wednesday 30th January 2013 at the factory Community Centre to explore options for the Lift Redfern Station Campaign for 2013. This is a supporters meeting and everyone ewith their ideas are welcome. Below is an overview of some possibilities prepared by REDWatch for the meeting to get people thinking about where the campaign might go.

At the City of Sydney Council Meeting on 26 August 2013 Council passed a resolution in response to the Anoucnement for a lift to be put on Redfern Station. The Motion was originally submitted by Councillor Christine Forster who accepted an amendment by Councillor Mant and was carried unanimously. Below is the text of the final resolution.

This is the letter requested in the Council Meeting resolution on 26th August 2013 concerning Lift Redfern. In the leter the Lord Mayor says "I write to congratulate Lift Redfern on last week’s announcement that the NSW Government will provide some lift access at Redfern Station. This is an important first step in making Redfern Station accessible to everyone and is a direct result of Lift Redfern’s ongoing campaign". The full letter is attached as 192 Kb PDF.

Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian today announced a lift would be built to Redfern Station platforms 6 and 7, making the station accessible to customers in wheelchairs and parents with prams for the first time reports this media release of by Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian on 31st January 2014.

Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian today (15 August 2013) announced the NSW Government will make trains at Redfern Station accessible to customers in wheelchairs and parents with prams for the first time reports this media statement from the Minister.

This link will take you to the 'Lift Redferrn" Facebook page where you can find out more about Lift Redfern. If you are on Facebook remember to log on and Like Lift Redfern so you will see information about this campaign. One way of telling your friends about this campaign is to Share the site with your friends. Lots of people go through Redfern Station and might be interested in this campaign. Part of the campaign involves a petition which if we get 10,000+ signatures we can use to get a debate in Parliament. So when the petition is available download it and get people to add their support.