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Eccles station news February 2012






Posted by Tony Flynn on 2nd February 2012 at 03:03 PM
Eccles station news February 2012
Here is the latest newsletter from Freccles, the Friends of Eccles Railway Station group with details of news, articles, day trips etc.

The next gardening day at the station is at 11.00 on Sunday February 5th. Bring your gloves and wellies or boots. Give us a hand please!

Electrification work is continuing on the line from Manchester to Liverpool. The vast majority of our trains will operate as normal but at quieter times there will be some changes in February and beyond:

On Mondays to Thursdays: The 22.39 and 23.09 departures from Manchester to Eccles and stations to Liverpool will be replaced by a bus. The last two trains from Liverpool will run to Earlestown, and from there to Eccles and Manchester will be replaced by a bus, calling at Eccles at 23.48 and 00.53 respectively. Notice that the Friday and Saturday night trains run as normal.

On Saturdays from 18th Feb the stretch between Earlestown and Lime Street will be covered by bus but Newton/Eccles/ Manchester/ Stalybridge trains still run.

On Sundays from 19th February all trains will be replaced by buses.

There is progress on the new building for the front of Eccles Station. Network rail are in discussion with the Local Authority to take over ownership of part of the bridge so they can put the building on it. Northern Rail has put out to tender the drawing up of plans for the new ticket office. There is to be a progress meeting on Tuesday 7th February at Network Rail’s offices in Manchester. Freccles attendees hope to use their influence to make sure that the building is attractive as well as functional.





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Report as offensive or innapropriate Comment by Lee Taylor ( member )  3rd February 2012
Nice to see we might be getting a new booking office. Any progress on Disabled facilities ?

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