An exciting new initiative is our Community Rail Officer, Sally Buttifant, developing walks from railway stations as a further attraction to the line. I’ve recently tested the proposed walk with Mobberley station as a start and end – it works well and is great for fresh air, countryside, our very historic church, two pubs and [...]
It sounds like a scare headline, doesn’t it? But have a look at what’s happened at Rigg Forest in Cumbria. Rigg Forest is still open to walkers who stick to the public footpath, but the car park is closed, so those coming to walk have to walk there from miles away. This is as good [...]
Wednesday saw the arrival of a Metrolink tram in Knutsford & Northwich stations (not really!) – here’s the Knutsford Guardian version. There’s a good discussion about tram/train for the Mid Cheshire Line going into Manchester via Sale and the Metrolink tracks complimenting the hourly train service to Piccadilly via Stockport, as outlined in Cheshire East’s [...]
Hamiltons in Altrincham opened last November – see our previous post. We hear from the manager, Mark O’Sullivan, that all is going well. As a recognition of the support received from MCRUA members, Mark is pleased to offer a 10% discount on the full range of hot & cold drinks and food and snacks at [...]
Four local stations on the Mid Cheshire Line have been recognised at the Cheshire Best Kept Stations annual awards cermony ….
Last September we posted a Blog about the plans to revitalise Altrincham Interchange. GMITA have just posted a report on their website covering the latest position for the redevelopments in both Bolton and Altrincham. It’s a 400kb download. The plan covers certain preparatory works in 2011, including upgrading the currently poor path up to Moss [...]
We see a planning application has been submitted to the council to build 14 residential properties on the old goods yard at Mouldsworth Station, the closing date for comments and objections being 10 January. This link takes you to all of the documents for the above application. The Community Rail Partnership intends to submit a [...]
Sally, our CRO, says :- 10 Dec – here’s 2 photos of the Christmas event. We made decorations for the tree in a craft session led by Zone staff (2 MCRUA members who attended demonstrated excellent rosette and paper chain making skills!). We then decorated the tree (a scented Fraser Fir) which was donated by [...]
We received the following email on 8 December. ************************************************** Cheshire West and Chester Council’s statement of community involvement encourages applicants to hold informal discussions with the Council, statutory consultees and neighbours before applying for planning permission. This is considered particularly important for larger schemes, and/or when a number of different parties could be affected. Network [...]
Here’s work in progress replacing the ricketty old steps from the road bridge down to the Up side (Manchester-bound) platform at Plumley Station. There’s some serious foundations going in here. Looks like they should last for the next 150 years! The finished job….
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