I was having a sort out recently and came across this …. 27 years on. What a huge change! There’s more detail in the pdfs below. The cover is around 5Mb – GM Rlys 1985 – Outer …. …. and the diagrammatic map around 3Mb – GM Rlys 1985 – Map Post-Metrolink, the diversion our […]
Sounds like an advert for a mint? But, No! Read on …. Northern has 42 class 156 2-car Super Sprinter trains of which 28 are based at Allerton, the remainder being at Heaton, Newcastle. 18 of the 28 were inherited from First North Western (FNW), the others coming from Arriva Trains Northern. The FNW ones […]
Who’d have thought when John Hulme came up with the idea of this Blog back in October 2009 that a blog primarily about the lines in Mid Cheshire would in 3 years get over 60,000 hits. But it has! As I post this we’ve just passed 62,000. Since we started we’ve put up 366 posts […]
Many of you will know Chris Lodington. For years he’s been the Trains Manager at Chester, often boarding the 1st Chester-bound train at Cuddington and helping the conductor with the doors whilst they caught up with selling tickets. His regular train back from Chester was the 1607. His leaving “do” was on 20 October (see […]
The Mid Cheshire Community Rail Partnership has had a very successful year in 2012. The year has been very busy, and remarkable for at least FOUR reasons: – The line became a Designated Community Rail Service in January 2012 giving access to extra funds for projects along the line – The Partnership won a national […]
Sally writes …. For the last two years the staff at Delamere Forest have kindly donated a real Christmas tree for the ticket office and the CRP has held a Christmas event to decorate the tree. Unfortunately this year Delamere were unable to donate a tree and it seemed like Christmas was cancelled for passengers […]
Members should have received their printed copies of the Rail Report last week together with the new timetable and subscription renewal forms (but you can renew using our website and save a stamp!) We’ve used a new distribution system. Those dispatched electronically should get these next week. Things often change fast on “the Railway”. Andrew […]
On Monday evening BBC Inside Out North West showed a programme which we had been told was primarily about “Why do we have so much overcrowding and so many old trains compared to much of the rest of the UK.” Through contacts at TravelWatch North West, I was contacted and asked to do an interview. […]
Saturdays are often very busy on the trains on the Mid Cheshire line. In the run up to Christmas, just starting this year, they’re even busier with the Christmas Shoppers and those going to sports and leisure events all flocking to the trains. Yesterday, Saturday 1 December 2012 was no different in this respect. Lots […]
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