Among those planning to regroup is quadriplegic Richard Kramer, who has been making the case for lifts at the station for many years.

When Mr Kramer wants to go to Wollongong he spends about $28 of his pension on a return taxi fare because he cannot access the Unanderra train platform, even though it is located just a short distance from his home.

He pays for a taxi to the more accessible Wollongong station when he wants to go to Sydney.

‘‘All other pensioners pay $2.50 to get to Sydney,’’ said Mr Kramer, who plans to write a letter to State Government ministers.

‘‘It also means I have to start my journey about 40 minutes earlier. ‘‘I can’t just be spontaneous and go jump on the train, even to go to Wollongong.’’

The station was allocated about $11.4 million for a revamp in June 2009, after lobbying by Labor MP Noreen Hay.

A fraction of this money was spent on upgrading waiting areas, but the project’s second stage, installation of the lifts, stalled.

The O’Farrell government has since decided to forgo construction of the lifts and potentially reallocate some of the remaining funding to another station.

Allocations will be based on a priority system that takes into account patronage, proximity to other stations and the area’s demographics.

Unanderra Community Centre manager Sandra Luschwitz said the loss of the government funds was ‘‘shameful’’.

‘‘There will be many people who will be disadvantaged by this,’’ she said. ‘‘We will host a community meeting on a date yet to be determined.’’

The lack of access at Unanderra has an impact on people with disabilities, the elderly and parents with strollers.

A 92-year-old resident, Eileen Jeffriess, said she had become too immobile since she originally began campaigning for the lifts, and probably couldn’t use the station any more even if they were installed.

But she said many other elderly people would make use of them.

‘‘[Elderly people] can’t have a day’s outing on their own [without them],’’ she said.