Sally writes …. Saturday 25 June is England’s first ever Civic Day and civic societies across the country will be holding events to celebrate their area and keep it distinctive. Everyone is invited to join in and learn more about where they live. Added to the civic societies around the country there are other organisations [...]
Sally, our Community Rail Officer has a new camera. She’s been getting used to it. Here’s some “April” pictures as she’s been out and about …. Our Vice Chairman, John Hulme, poses by one of our “North Eastern Express” posters, kindly printed for us by Northern Rail, and also displayed for us in one of [...]
We get lots of complaints from members and others about the inability to park in the car parks at Acton Bridge and Hartford station after about 7am, Monday to Friday. At Hartford, users overspill onto the main road (we know the police have been taking an interest). The Coachman Pub across the road allows users [...]
Sally writes: “Just in time for longer days & opportunities to get out in to the beautiful Cheshire countryside, MCRUA, the CRP and Knutsford Local Area Partnership have produced a booklet of local rail walks. Starting and finishing at railway stations there are walks at Plumley, Knutsford, Mobberley, Ashley and Chelford and all walks have [...]
Northwich’s Humps were installed last weekend. Here’s some pictures taken yesterday by Sally …. The Manchester-bound platform with the Zone in the background and some of the new cycle racks. The Chester-bound platform. In use. No more “Launching into Space” at Northwich!
A member writes …. I’ve just finally got around to joining MCRUA, being a frequent user of the Mid-Cheshire line. I was wondering whether I could ask you about an issue which I suspect you may be aware of and which frequently affects me – indeed it did today. The issue is the way in [...]
London Midland, the train operating company for the Crewe – Liverpool stopping services is proposing to significantly reduce ticket office opening hours at Hartford by around a quarter, and at Winsford by around two-thirds. We think this is quite the wrong thing to do at this time when usage is growing; indeed in comparison Northern [...]
For many years, indeed just about since MCRUA was set up back in 1987, we’ve been trying to get the platforms raised at Northwich. It’s not that they’ve sunk, it’s just that with the modern track maintenance régime with mechanised tampers needing more ballast to be under the track, the tracks have risen. 24 years [...]
Friday 4th March – young people from Knutsford High School who have been involved with gardening & artwork at Knutsford Station received their Cheshire Best Kept Stations Youth Challenge award. There to congratulate them were Northern Rail, MCRUA and the Deputy and Lady Mayors of Knutsford along with our Community Rail Officer, Sally Buttifant (who [...]
We were pleased to read that Merseytart has been enjoying some rail trips out and about on “our patch”. Merseytart writes an interesting and amusing blog and has recently written about his further experiences in Mid Cheshire in January and February. We hope he’ll continue to experience the many attractions along our line. If he [...]
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