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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Matthew Kelly

Extra trains for Knights fans travelling to preliminary final

Extra train services between Newcastle and Sydney will be added on Sunday to assist Knights fans travelling to and from the preliminary final.

With thousands of fans expected to make the trip south, Sydney Trains will add two extra services from Newcastle Interchange before the game and two additional services home after full time.

The additional Sydney services will depart Newcastle Interchange at 12.01pm and 12.56pm, arriving at Strathfield at 2.38pm and 3.16pm.

Fans can change at Strathfield for direct trains to Sydney Olympic Park, which will run every 10 minutes before kick-off.

After the game, eight trains an hour will depart Sydney Olympic Park between 6pm and 8pm, connecting fans with Central and Strathfield for services back to the Hunter.

Two additional Newcastle services will also depart Sydney Terminal at 6.45pm and 7.17pm.

Travel on public transport is included in match tickets.

Visit the Transport for NSW website for timetable information.

"After the nail-biting win across the ditch, I went straight to the Transport Minister and told him we needed extra trains to get the red and blue army to Sydney... but I didn't need to do much convincing," Minister for the Hunter Yasmin Catley said.

Mr Graham, who grew up in Newcastle, said he knew exactly how much the game meant to Novocastrians.

"The Knights are one win away from their first Grand Final in 25 years. We want as many Hunter supporters there to get behind them. So, get your jersey on, jump on the train and let's turn Sydney Olympic Park red and blue!"

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