ENGINEERING WORKS

 Sundays 22nd & 29th January 2012 - Trains bewteen Southport and Manchester Piccadilly will be diverted to start and terminate at Manchester Victoria. They won’t be able to call at Ince or at stations between Bolton and Swinton. Buese will run between Wigan wallgate and manchester Victoria, calling at these stations – click HERE for full details.

As trains are terminating at Manchester Victoria they won’t be able to continue to Chester but a normal service will still run between Manchester Piccadilly and Chester. 

 

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BETTER RAIL SERVICE BETWEEN PRESTON & ORMSKIRK 

Monday 12th December 2011 saw an improved  timetable introduced on the Preston to Ormskirk Line

A leaflet to promote the new timetable and to encourage visitors was launched last week at Burscough Wharf

Roger Bell, Chair of the West of Lancs CRP along with the two Community Rail Development Officers, Brian Haworth and Simon Clarke, Iain Aldred, Northern Rail’s Marketing Manager and Dominic Carr from West Lancashire Borough Council braved the icy weather to launch the leaflet.

Click HERE to see a press release  & HERE to download a copy of the leaflet

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ATOC CYCLING INTEGRATION WITH RAIL AWARD

Merseyrail are entering Ormskirk station into the ATOC Awards in the category of Cycling Integration with Rail

The station has recently had a secure cycle cage installed allowing safe storage of passengers cycles. Inspector Gary Jones of the British Transport Police says; 

‘The Go Cycle scheme provides a safe environment for train users to leave their bicycles at train stations as part of their daily commute. The bike cages have been quality assured by British Transport Police crime reduction officers – as well as being extremely secure they are monitored by CCTV. Since their implementation on the Merseyrail Network not a single bicycle housed within them has been stolen or damaged. Speaking as a user of these facilities I can say with confidence that they really encourage me to use my bicycle as part of my journey. It is noteworthy that being free of charge they are a fully inclusive facility which promotes diverse usage from eclectic members of the community’

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 COMMUNITY RAIL DEVELOPMENT FUND SUCCESS

The newly designated Preston to Ormskirk Line has had an immediate success with a bid for funding from the Designated Line Community Rail Development Fund (CRDF). A grant of £1000 has been secured to help publicise the line and in particular the changes to the timetable taking place in December 2011

The Designated Line Community Rail Development Fund is sponsored by the Department of Transport, Network Rail and the Association of Community Rail Partnerships (ACoRP) and helps provide funding for development of community rail lines that have been designated as part of the Government’s Community Rail Strategy. 

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PRESTON TO ORMSKIRK DESIGNATION

Yesterday (22nd September) the Rail Minister, Theresa Villiers announced that she had agreed to the formal designation of the Preston to Ormskirk line as part of the Government’s Community Rail Strategy.

Click here for full details of this story

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COUNCIL IN SUCCESSFUL BID FOR TRANSPORT CASH

West Lancashire Borough Council has been involved in a successful bid for funding under the Government’s Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF.)

Click HERE to see the full press release

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OPSTA WEBSITE RELAUNCHED

OPSTA the rail user group for the Wigan to Soutport and Ormskirk to Preston lines have got a brand new website – click HERE to visit the new site.

 

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