I wasn't aware of the reasoning behind the reinstatement of the line, not being from that area. While any regeneration of the railway is to be welcomed. it worries me that there is actually an official drive to increase the number of people commuting anywhere, but especially into Manchester.
This may create the so called 'northern powerhouse' that the politicians love to talk about so much, but it will eventually drain all smaller towns of any jobs, culture and facilities in order to achieve this, along with wasting a couple of hours a day of everybody's life just travelling to work, and putting more pressure on the transport infrastructure twice a day while being massively underused the rest of the time.
There should be a drive to create jobs in the towns where people actually live, and using the railways to then enjoy the extra leisure time they have by not spending all of it going to and from work, but then who am I to comment compared with a 'clever' politician?