I am so excited about our winning campaign to save the Rose Hill Marple-Manchester rail line from a three-month closure.

I thought it would be useful to share some of the things we have done to make this happen.

Collected over 5,500 signatures on our petition which was handed in to Northern.

Spoke to user groups, Friends of the Station groups, and passenger groups to hear how this closure will affect them.

The 11 Lib Dem councillors who represent the wards along the route wrote to the Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps.

Wrote to the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham.

Our Transport Committee rep cosigned the letter to the Transport Minister and emailed the Transport Minister directly on 27th August.

Lord Andrew Stunell, our former MP, submitted two Parliamentary questions about the closure.

Ed Davey, leader of the Liberal Democrats, visited Rose Hill Station, spoke to members of the Friends of Rose Hill Station Group and submitted Parliamentary questions to the Transport Secretary.

Called and emergency meeting of the Marple and Werneth Area Committees to discuss a plan going forward.

I secured an agreement in principle for Stockport Council to fund a train service for one week on the Rose Hill rail line to show Northern and the Conservative Government that it can be done. https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/council-could-pay-new-rail-18874919

The Transport Minister’s announcement comes exactly a week after we demonstrated that it IS possible to run a train on the Rose Hill Line

Thank you to everyone who played a role in getting this decision changed. Our community has shown once again how strong we are when we work together.