Welcome to the home of the Middlewich Rail Link Campaign.
Our goal is the reintroduction of a passenger train service on the line from Sandbach to Northwich, with trains calling at a new station in Middlewich.

Click here to download the latest campaign leaflet.
Click here for pictures of 'The Cheshire Gardens Express' passing through Middlewich on 4th May 2008.
Click here for the MCRUA website, home of the The Mid Cheshire Rail Users Association.

Latest News:

Consultants Report Imminent!

The long wait for the report from The Railway Consultancy will soon be over, with publication expected in the next two weeks. It promises to be a thorough examination of the case for re-establishing a passenger service on the line and opening a new station in Middlewich. The requirements will be listed and costed. The demand and revenue will be predicted using sophisticated mathematical models. Options of different service levels will be considered. The benefit-to-cost ratio will be calculated, and we are hoping the magical 1.5 figure is achieved so that we can take the project forward. Keep watching this space.

Middlewich Transport Festival 2009 - 18th & 19th July

Come along and see displays, exhibits and parades of classic cars and bikes plus a variety of vintage transport.
Organised in association with Congleton Bear Town Classic Car Club and Kings Motor Cycle Club of Middlewich. Located on Market Field and the Town Centre Bull Ring.
This year the focus of the MRLC stand will be the report from The Railway Consultancy - come along and collect the edited highlights!

ATOC forgets Middlewich

On June 15th the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) published a report, Connecting Communities, which considers 35 possible additions to the railway network, linking towns in England currently without a station. Of these, 9 were considered to have a viable benefit-to-cost ratio, and ATOC calls for these schemes to be taken forward.
In the North West the list includes Fleetwood and Rawtenstall, but Middlewich is not even mentioned. We are unclear why that is - perhaps our population (13,000 and growing) is just too low.

ATOC have invited comments and suggestions on their report. We expect that quite a few highlighting their omission will arrive before the 31st July deadline.
It must be remembered that ATOC has no budget to invest in these schemes, though its members stand to make money by operating trains on any of the schemes do open.

Page last updated on 29/06/2009 - webmaster@middlewichstation.org.uk