TfGM survey on improved rail connections in Stockport

[Xenophon PCDGS]

With the proposed dramatic house building plan for High Lane, perhaps the best idea would be to reinstate the line from Rose Hill along the Middlewood Way to link with the Buxton Manchester one just to the North of Middlewood Level Crossing. this would allow a circular run from Manchester-Romiley-Rose Hill-HazelGrove-Stockport-Manchester (and the other way round) with a new station "High Lane".

High Lane is one of those "sought-after" housing areas on the border of the TfGM region, such as Bowdon and Hale Barns, where a very high car-ownership exists.

One always tends to forger that the railway station is just in one site whereas the area of High Lane is wide and far-flung, a long distance away from a railway station site.

 

[WAO]

Now that North TransPennine services mainly use Victoria and services from Piccadilly towards West Yorkshire are generally stopping services, it would be useful for those living in South Manchester and Cheshire to be able to get a train from Stockport to Stalybridge and then pick up the TransPennine services there. Of course that relies on TransPennine stopping their fast services there. I recently looked at getting to Leeds from Knutsford by train and was shocked at how long the journey now is, compared to how long it used to be.

Exactly.

A Cheshire - Yorkshire direct service would likely be very successful as both ends are areas of high economic activity and wealth.

WAO