Transport plan includes extension of railway from Heywood to Castleton
Date published: 29 January 2014
Plans to extend the East Lancashire Railway from Heywood to Castleton are part of a £4m plan set up by Rochdale Council as part of a future transport strategy for the borough.
The extension of the Heywood station to Castleton would go on to provide a platform link to Calder Valley line connecting trains to Manchester and Leeds.
Plans also include a regeneration of the station and the surrounding area.
The scheme is one of a number of potential schemes which make up the Rochdale Borough Transport Strategy.
First put together in 2010, the strategy has attracted more than £55m of funding for transport projects.
Notable projects include the new Transport Interchange and the Rochdale Metrolink.
The scheme will be reviewed in March 2014.
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