Services would also call at Eccles, Newton-le-Willows and Warrington Bank Quay. The station at Eccles provides connectivity for Salford's Media City area, while the last time Rochdale had a direct London link via the Manchester city centre station was in 2000.
FirstGroup estimates that the new services, which could begin in 2027, would provide 1.6 million people in the North West with a "convenient and competitively priced direct rail service to London from stations that are more local to them", helping to stimulate a shift in transport mode from coach and car travel to rail.
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