Iain writes in the Cheadle, Gatley & Cheadle Hulme Mail about why Northern Rail’s failure to properly collect fares on our trains simply isn’t good enough.

From the Council: Further to the ongoing works to the pedestrian crossing beneath the rail bridge on Gatley Rd, proposals are now in place to remove the existing signal poles and erect a 4 pole Toucan Crossing. This work is scheduled for Wednesday 1 July and Thursday 2 July 2015. The majority of the re-cabling […]

Anyone who uses the tram line from Didsbury into Manchester needs to be aware of the effect of works in St Peter’s Square over the next few months. Here’s the email we’ve received:   Dear Councillor, As you may be aware, we are currently building a new Metrolink route through Manchester city centre, the Second […]

Keith Holloway and the Lib Dem team are campaigning for new Cheadle station on the Mid-Cheshire line, with more frequent trains stopping there. We need your help. We know Cheadle needs a station, but we’ve got to persuade Transport for Greater Manchester, the Government and the train companies if we’re to succeed. We can only […]

Iain writes: The Lib Dems have been campaigning for an orbital Metrolink route including stops at Cheadle and Gatley. As an interim measure we want to see a more frequent Cheshire Line service stopping at a new Cheadle Station. Plenty of experts have told us how difficult it will be to get either of these, […]

The Liberal Democrat campaign to bring Metrolink to Cheadle and Gatley is continuing apace. “We need to build as much support as we can for an orbital Metrolink, connecting Rochdale, Oldham, Tameside, Stockport, Wythenshawe, Altrincham and the airport by covenient, fast trams.” Cllr Iain Roberts explained. “Stockport’s Rail Strategy got the line on the map […]

Sometimes it’s the smaller things that are important to those affected by them. A little while back the Lib Dem team had a request from a resident for a seat to be installed in the bus shelter on the Cheadle side of Gatley Road, near the Kingsway junction. We lobbied TfGM and are pleased to […]

A smart new app has been launched in Greater Manchester – Moovit – promises not just the standard route-planning and train-time-reporting type functions but also real-time information on buses, trains and trams to tell you just when the next one is going to pull up, even if it’s the number 11 and it’s been sitting […]

Local MP Mark Hunter and the Lib Dem team are working to build support for a new Metrolink service to Cheadle and Gatley. Cheadle & Gatley Lib Dem Council candidate Graham Greenhalgh said “The joint report from Stockport Council and TfGM proposes a Metrolink service running along the Stockport-Altrincham train line with new stops in […]

Cheadle’s Lib Dem MP Mark Hunter has thrown his weight behind a campaign for a new Metrolink line for Cheadle and Gatley. The proposed line would be an orbital route running from Reddish through the Heatons into Stockport and then out through Edgeley, Cheadle Heath, Cheadle, Gatley and Baguley. It would give residents in Cheadle […]