Stockport’s new signs look really smart, replacing those from the Inter-City era of the early 1990s.
Here’s a picture from last Monday afternoon on platform 3.
And in the booking hall ….
Strange that it takes Virgin until virtually the end of their franchise to get their signs up given how keen they are on branding. Northern [...]
Last Sunday we had replacement buses between Knutsford and Chester due to track relaying between Cuddington and Greenbank. The buses all ran to plan from what we heard/saw.
Here’s an engineering train approaching Cuddington “wrong line” (or “bang road” as it’s also known on the Railway – is that “bang” as in “crash”?!!)
Volunteers took [...]
Mobberley station has benefitted from gardening care since 2003, when a deal was struck. The then train company, First North Western, would hire a skip and bring in labour for ½ a day to dig over what had been flower beds 30 years earlier, and remove all sorts of débris including ballast, a railway [...]
We work closely with British Transport Police (BTP) to assist with security on our lines.
Below is an adaptation of a press release from BTP. If you feel you can assist in the ways outlined, please let BTP know.
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BTP, the national police force for the railways, is looking for enthusiastic volunteers in North West England [...]
The general clean up at Northwich continues, reports our Community Rail Officer, Sally Buttifant ….
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“The fine weather means that the Mid Cheshire Line is really blooming & there is lots of activity along the line.
“At Northwich – we have 6-7 core “Friends” who spent 2½ hours planting 19 trays of bedding plants on the [...]
Our Community Rail Officer, Sally Buttifant, has 2000 geraniums coming this week – 500 for Northwich, 500 for Greenbank, 500 for Delamere & 500 for Mouldsworth.
We need to provide her with help to plant them – particularly at Greenbank, Delamere and Mouldsworth where the ground needs digging over first, then the plants planting.
Could anyone able [...]
Northern are trialling a revision to the ticket office opening hours at Northwich for a 4 week period.
The trial sees the ticket office open an hour earlier at 0615. This means it will now also be open for the first 3 services, the 0625 to Manchester, the 0705 to Stockport as well as [...]
We’ve had an aspiration for years for the shelter on the Manchester-bound platform to have the nasty dark green-painted fibreboard removed from the windows and the windows reinstated.
Yesterday the work started (pictures taken from a Chester-bound train) ….
Please let us know if you know how many years ago they were boarded over.
Many thanks to Northern [...]
After many years with nowhere to sit down on the Chester-bound platform, we have a “new” bench installed.
The foot is there for perspective!
As you can see it’s an original railway bench, now returned to the railway. Very fitting for Plumley with its rather special station.
Plumley with Toft and Bexton Parish Council are delighted and [...]
Friends of Northwich Station met together on Thursday 29 April and are meeting again for a clean up morning on Saturday 22 May between 10am & 1pm at the station.
Those involved will be helping with litter picking, cleaning, tidying and gardening. Everyone is welcome – please turn up in old clothes with gloves if [...]
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