http://www.manchestereveningnews.co...s/salford-trafford-steam-trains-plan-12805401
Plans to link Irlam to Timperley using CLC route closed in 1980's. Personally it looks like a pipe dream that will never get going.
Anyone willing to invest?
James
Ambitious plans to create a new £30m steam railway are being launched today - in what could be a huge new tourist draw for the region.
A new campaign has been launched to transform a disused stretch of track between Irlam and Timperley into a new heritage attraction - which would include the re-opening of the Cadishead Viaduct...
...Neil calculates the cost at between £25m and £30m. The Hamilton Davies Trust is proposing the establishment of a new trust, the Cheshire Lines Railway Trust, to deliver the project. Meanwhile HDT will continue to fund the feasibility and will be prepared to kick-start the work if a funding partnership can be assembled working with the statutory bodies...
Plans to link Irlam to Timperley using CLC route closed in 1980's. Personally it looks like a pipe dream that will never get going.
Anyone willing to invest?
James
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