Local residents and passengers in Walkden and Swinton are celebrating after the Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority voted to restore Sunday services along the Walkden line.
A generation-long gap without Sunday services for the local communities along the Walkden line will end when the new service commences in May. The trains will initially run for a one-year period, with a review to see whether the service offers value-for-money.
Cllr Iain Lindley, Conservative Councillor for Walkden South, and the Prospective Conservative MP for Worsley & Eccles South, has been supporting the campaign to introduce Sunday services. He attended today’s meeting and said afterwards:
“This is terrific news for passengers and commuters, and I’m really pleased that the Transport Authority have agreed to support this service. I’m thrilled in particular for the Friends of Walkden Station who have campaigned tirelessly for Sunday services – it simply wouldn’t have happened without them. I hope that local residents make use of the new service and that it becomes a permanent fixture”
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