Train stabling decision ‘devastated’ community KINGSTON councillors have voted to “absolutely reject” the state government’s decision to put train stabling inside the Green Wedge in Heatherton. Council had eyed off the former Delta landfill site for its Chain of Parks project. Late last year the state government announced that it was planning to use the land for stabling yards, prompting fury from councillors. Councillors agreed to write to the state government to disapprove of its plans at their 27 January meeting. The mayor Steve Staikos said “there needs to be a proper and meaningful consultation process with the residents. Our community were promised a new regional sporting facility as part of the Chain of Parks after decades of enduring sandmining and tipping, only to have it taken away for a proposed Suburban Rail Loop train stabling yard.”