The government has announced funding to develop proposals to reinstate a passenger rail line between Ashton-under-Lyne and Stockport.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak today unveiled the contents of his Autumn Budget and spending review in the House of Commons. The Budget includes £500m to restore transport services lost in the Beeching cuts of the 1960s and improve local connectivity.
Of this, £650,000 has been earmarked to pay for feasibility work on 13 proposals for new lines and stations reinstating passenger links.
In Greater Manchester this would see up to £50,000 distributed to develop early stage proposals for an orbital rail link between Ashton in Tameside and Stockport.
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