KNUTSFORD TOWN COUNCIL ENDORSES MIDDLEWICH RAIL LINK PLAN

Knutsford Town Council

KNUTSFORD TOWN COUNCIL ENDORSES MIDDLEWICH RAIL LINK PLAN

At a recent meeting of the Knutsford Town Council a discussion was held on the council's input into the Draft Development Strategy for the town.

Cllr Andrew Malloy asked that a reference should be included in the council's recommendations to the need for the re-opening of the Middlewich Branch line to passengers as a way of providing direct rail services between Knutsford and Crewe and removing the need for Knutsford passengers (and travellers from other stations east of Northwich) to travel via Chester or Manchester to reach this important railway centre.
This was agreed by the council

Cllr Malloy is a keen supporter of the Middlewich scheme and recognises the advantages this revived route to Crewe will bring, not only to Middlewich but also to people living across a wide area of North and Mid-Cheshire and the North-west in general. 
In 2012 he urged readers of the Knutsford Guardian to add their signatures to Fiona Bruce's parliamentary petition calling for restoration of passenger services over the Middlewich line. A link to the story is below.

COUNCILLOR URGES READERS TO SIGN PETITION