Chairmans Blog

We are pleased to see Cheshire East Council is this year sponsoring a free bus service from Knutsford, Northwich & Hartford stations to the Cheshire Show. Some of the connections at Knutsford are good. For the full timetable, click here.

Here’s an offer spotted by our friend, Community Rail Officer for the Crewe to Manchester Line, Robert Morton. Register with the Daily Mail by midnight on 7 May, and get a free Family & Friends Railcard until 11 July. Here’s the link.

Chester Food, Drink and Lifestyle Festival from 3-5 April is apparently the first UK festival to launch an ‘eco-ticket’. £2 will be refunded on proof of travelling to the festival by public transport – either bus or train or if you ride your bike. For more details, click here.

Across the road from Mouldsworth station is one of Cheshire’s best gastropubs. Originally known as “The Station Hotel”, it was bought by local pub company Woodward & Falconer around 10 years ago. They have invested significantly in bringing it up to its current excellent standards, improving its interior as well as the surrounding gardens. The [...]

TPE have reintroduced their Club 55 offer for the period 1st March to 30th April: see here. There’s some great value tickets based on zones from as little as £5 return (£4 with a railcard) Manchester to Liverpool, to £20 return Manchester to Glasgow or Edinburgh (Railcard – £16) or £30 First Class (Railcard – [...]

Northern reintroduced scholar discounts on the line last September for those attending Knutsford High School. These provide discounts of £100s a term. This offer has been so successful, Northern have decided to extend it to all scholars travelling on the line. This will definitely come in next September, though could well come in earlier. Here’s [...]

If you’re prepared to travel outside the peaks and avoid the busy times of Monday mornings, Friday afternoons and Sunday afternoons, there are some really good value advance booked tickets to be had. Often these can be bought to/from stations on our line for little more than the cost of buying the ticket from the [...]

On Saturday 16 January The Guardian had an article about good places to eat in Chester for under £10 (mostly). Here’s the web site version. MCRUA members who know the City think this is a good selection, especially for lunch. There are more ideas in the reader comments. A day out in Chester for two [...]

It’s good news that the Cheshire Day Ranger prices for 2010 have been held at £18 for an adult and £9 for a child.  Even cheaper with a railcard! I used the Day Ranger last year and had a great time.  Northwich, Stockport, Manchester, Liverpool, Crewe, Chester, Warrington, Liverpool, Merseyrail, Hooton, Chester and back down [...]