FRECCLES - Current Priorities

The electrification by 2013 of the Chat Moss railway line to Liverpool will provide opportunities to completely revamp the timetable, and we expect Eccles to be identified as a major interchange station in the new service. We could even have a direct service to London, Leeds and Hull by 2013 if Alliance Rail Holdings get their way ! This seems to be more than a pipe dream, and is proposed by the entrepeneur who set up the successful Grand Central service from Sunderland to London.

Meanwhile we continue to attend meetings with very sympathetic colleagues at Northern Rail and GMPTE as we push for an interim improvement, at least to a half-hourly service through the working day.