The Mid Cheshire Railway Line
The Mid Cheshire Railway Line
The Mid Cheshire Railway Line passes through the beautiful, scenic Mid Cheshire countryside linking Chester and Manchester.
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The Mid Cheshire
Community Rail Partnership
The Mid Cheshire Community Rail Partnership was founded in 2003 to promote increased usage of the Mid Cheshire Railway Line and to develop and improve facilities along the route.
The Partnership is made up of key stakeholders along the Mid Cheshire Line including Cheshire Association of Local Councils, Cheshire East Council, Cheshire West & Chester Council, Forestry Commission, Knutsford Town Council, Mid Cheshire Rail Users Association, Network Rail, Northern Railways, Northwich Town Council, Stockport Council, Trafford Council, Transport for Greater Manchester.
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Travel for less with Northerns` special ticket offer
Northern has another £12 day ticket offer in conjunction with local, regional and national newspapers. Travel is between Monday 20 April 2026 and Thursday 16 July 2026. Details of the newspapers and the dates the tokens will be in them are here. There is also a £20 weekend rover ticket. As previously you attach two tokens (for Reach PLC newspapers) to a form printed off the Northern website and take the form to any ticket office at a station served by Northern. Travel is from 08.45 on Monday to Friday, all day at weekends and on bank holidays.
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Railway 200
The Railway 200 exhibition train which has been touring the UK will be calling at Stockport Station from the 1st till the 6 th May. The fully accessable train carrying the Inspiration exhibition is touring the country to mark 200 years of the modern railway. Along with hosting educational workshops for schools the general public will also have the chance to climb aboard and explore the rail themed stalls and exhibits on board including participation from Mid Cheshire CRP. (more…)
Mid Cheshire Line Music Trains
The next Mid Cheshire Line Music Train takes place on Thursday 23rd April 2026, travelling from Chester to the Golden Pheasant at Plumley with Bandarama, a duo playing classic tunes from the golden era of the 60s and 70s. The outward train departs Chester at 18:56, arriving Plumley at 19:35, with the return leaving Plumley at 21:57 and arriving back in Chester at 22:38.
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