The busway follows the same route, there are no houses on the old line, follow it on google map

A train from Leigh would probably take half the time as it would from the Atherton staion with the number of stops.

I take it the Atherton station is on the line from Liverpool to Manchester ?

It`s on the Kirby to Man/Victoria line as opposed to the proposed link up which would be Liverpool to Man/Oxford Rd.

The old Leigh line used to go to Newton-Le-Willows/Earlstown, we had friends who had to leave the Casino early to get the last train, we then had to ask if they would let us back in.

do we have any proof or any more proof as to weather this is true or not?.

Local politicians are a joke, indeed our MP was until the current one started to get things built in the town. They are recruited from bus drivers and bin men, and no disrespect to those professions, and voted in by folk loyally ticking the labour box without asking what policies they have.

Look at our town centre planners, they have driven shoppers away from the town with stupidity and lack of vision. Although Leigh has won an award for Bargain shops and fast food

The cherry on the cake is the traffic lights, the lack of filter lanes and the joke at the top of Lord st.

We need some sort of campaign to let these fools know what the taxpayers want.

The railway station will never happen. The Manchester/Liverpool line is being electrified to speed the journey of the trains between the two citites. A de-tour to Leigh would make the journey just as long, so would not have any speed benefits to the Liverpool/Manchester route. Complete non-starter I'm afraid.

Depends on how many services there are - think of it like the Metrolink and the de-tour to Piccadilly, I'd say.



I'd imagine the services would be Leigh-Manchester or Leigh-Liverpool rather than Manchester-Leigh-Liverpool. There again, no reason why not as long as there are still direct Manchester-Liverpool services.

I wish the bus companies would syncranise their timetables with trains. On Sundays when Leigh are at home I get a train to Atherton it arrives at 12 34pm. (17 minutes) then go to the bus stop for the 582 to Leigh. A bus leaves there at 12-33pm and the next one due at 12-53pm is always late but the 12-33pm never is.

Just electrifying a line will not speed it up. You need to lay new lines an all sorts. What will speed the journey is to make fewer stops between the two cities as. The electrification is an enviromental issue. You will still get trains that need to stop at every station but they won't be too often.

Agreed - it may well not happen. By the way, the plan appears to be separate services to Manchester and Liverpool, not a detour on the Manchester to Liverpool one.