The Northern Railway FLASH SALE is back! Northern Railway are offering over 5 million 50p, £1 and £2 tickets train tickets for travel between 11 Sep & 20 Oct. Be quick! Once they’re gone, they’re gone! … [Read more...]
Hazel Grove to Buxton line closure
Between Saturday 18 and Monday 27 February 2023, Network Rail are undertaking major work on the Grade 2 listed bridge which carries the railway across Buxton Road at Whaley Bridge. This work requires the railway line between Hazel Grove to Buxton … [Read more...]
Friends of Handforth Station – Sad Death of Founder Member Barry Burkhill
The Friends of Handforth Station were saddened to hear the news of the death of founder member Barry Burkhill last weekend. … [Read more...]
Trent Valley Engineering Works
Network Rail are carrying out major upgrades on the West Coast main line between Rugby and Stafford as part of a multimillion pound investment which will mean better journeys for passengers and freight services. … [Read more...]
Avanti update on Strike Action
RMT Union Strike Action The RMT Union has announced strike action for Avanti West Coast Train Managers on 22 October and 6 November. … [Read more...]
Strike action – Saturday 01 October, Wednesday 05 October, and Saturday 08 October
As I’m sure you’re aware, further strike action has been announced by the railway trade unions that will severely impact on our train services during the coming weeks. … [Read more...]
Further Strike Action – October
The ASLEF, RMT and TSSA unions have announced strike action on 1 October, coordinated across other train companies and Network Rail. ASLEF are also striking on 5 October, with RMT and TSSA striking additionally on 8 October. … [Read more...]
Avanti West Coast Service Update
As you know, Avanti West Coast is running a reduced timetable at the moment for which we’re sorry. We know we’re not delivering the service our customers rightly expect and we apologise for the enormous frustration and inconvenience this is causing. … [Read more...]
Northern: Strike action 1st, 5th & 8th October
As you may already be aware from media reports, two full days of rail Industrial Action have been called for Saturday 1st, Wednesday 5th and Saturday 8th of October. … [Read more...]
The Manchester Urban Poet’s next Guided Walk
Ged Austin, known as Manchester’s “Urban Poet” is coming back to Handforth soon for his next Guided Walk. The Friends of Handforth Station (FoHS) have commissioned a series of these walks; this one will be from Handforth Station to Styal and back. … [Read more...]
Northern Flash Sale!
Northern have announced the return of the Northern Flash Sale! From today, there will be up to one million Advance purchase tickets up for grabs for just £1 (50p for 5-15’s) to many destinations across the North! The £1 Advance purchase tickets, … [Read more...]
RMT strike action – Thursday 18 August and Saturday 20 August
The following CrossCountry routes will have limited service in place between 07:30 and 18:30 on strike days: … [Read more...]
Upcoming strike action affecting Northern services
Northern have published a skeleton timetable for next Wednesday 27 July when industrial action by the RMT union is set to take place. While a very small number of services will still operate, Northern advice to customers is ‘Do Not Travel’ on … [Read more...]
Upcoming strike action affecting CrossCountry services
The hours of operation across the network will also be reduced to between 07:30 and 18:30 on the day. Full details of the services running can be found at: www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/disruption. The timetable will be in rail industry Journey … [Read more...]
Strike Action Update from CrossCountry
CrossCountry's has revised their timetable that will operate over the upcoming strike days on Tuesday 21, Thursday 23 and Saturday 25 June. This is as a result of the RMT union’s instructions to members at CrossCountry and many other railway … [Read more...]
RMT Industrial Action Timetable Update – Northern Railway Ltd
Timetable details are now available for Northern train services operating on the three dates next week (Tues 21, Thurs 23 and Sat 25 June) when strike action by the RMT union is set to take place. Reduced timetables are also in place for Wednesday … [Read more...]
Manchester’s Urban Poet walks from Styal to Handforth!
It's not far, but a "History Walk" led by Ged Austin from Styal Station to Handforth Station took 4 hours last week! … [Read more...]
Ged Austin, Manchester’s Urban Poet, comes back to Handforth
Ged Austin is an experienced guide who is inviting you to join him on a tour of “Handforth Past and Present”. This is one of a series of educational walks that Ged, known throughout Manchester as “The Urban Poet”, runs each year. … [Read more...]
The Volunteers and Friends of Holmes Chapel Railway Station and Viaduct
At the time of writing we are preparing for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and the Station Master has finished putting up the bunting in the booking office ( kindly supplied by the Parish Council) . We still have the bunting for the outside to … [Read more...]
