Friends of Walkden Station | Campaign for Better Transport

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Friends of Walkden Station is a community volunteer group founded in 2007 to work for improvements to facilities and services at Walkden station, a suburban stop on the busy Manchester to Wigan (via Atherton) route.

Faced with a run-down station and various service problems we have a three-pronged approach to station improvements:

Undertaking practical environmental enhancements (see photo above)
Campaigning for improvements through Northern Rail, GMPTE, the media and political channels
Increasing awareness of the station and building a broad base of support among local businesses, politicians and residents

In just over one year we've made significant improvements to the station environment through gardening projects and regular station clean-ups. Working in partnership with Northern Rail we have made good progress towards re-opening a disused section of platform to allow longer trains to stop at Walkden and relieve overcrowding. Other major issues – such as the lack of a Sunday service and disabled access to the station – are still on our agenda.

Through a series of public meetings and events such as a station anniversary party we have raised the profile of the station among local people, and we enjoy strong cross-party support from our MP Barbara Keeley and local councillors in our attempts to improve the station.

Next Meeting Date: The group meets every two months at the Walkden Royal British Legion Club. See the group's website for meeting dates.

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