A bid on a new station at Chapelford in Great Sankey is expected this month

Nick Bent and other Labour supporters at Sankey station Nick Bent and other Labour supporters at Sankey station

TRANSPORT chiefs will find out later this month if a bid for funding for a new Chapelford station has been successful.

As reported in the Warrington Guardian last month, council chiefs are hoping to win funding to help build the Warrington West station.

This week the Government has confirmed 14 bids have been received for a part of £20million from Kenilworth in Warwickshire to Haxby near York.

An announcement is now likely before the end of the month.

Applications are currently being assessed by a cross-industry panel, including representatives from Network Rail and the Department for Transport.

Comments(2)

pioneer1 says...
12:11pm Tue 12 Mar 13

dont bother, not needed, sankey station is 200m away, what a waste of money

widnesman says...
9:23pm Tue 12 Mar 13

It has always been in the long term plan to build a new station. Sankey station`s days are numbered.

If Network Rail had intended to maintain Sankey, they would not have sold off the old station yard to a property developer, they would have built a car park on the land and they would have carried out improvements such as live train information boards and improved waiting facilities!!

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