[1] In June 1988, the incoming Greiner State Government cancelled the project, despite having committed to completing the line in the March 1988 election.

[5][6] Prior to winning the 2013 election, then Opposition Leader Tony Abbott, indicated that there was unlikely to be any further Federal Government funding for the freight line.

[8][9] Transport for NSW ran an extensive evaluation process for the Registration of Interest that included seeking advice from independent experts.

No respondent was found to be capable of constructing, operating and maintaining the proposed railway line on a commercially sustainable basis, without NSW Government funding.

Electrification masts had also been erected and those between Unanderra and Coniston Junction were used when the Ilawarra line was electrified to Dapto in January 1993.