Vital section of bus route to be reintroduced

THE council's public transport lead has set the wheels in motion for the reinstatement of a vital section of a Middleton and Heywood bus route, which was recently axed by transport bosses.

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Councillor Phil Burke, who represents Rochdale Borough Council on the Bee Network Committee, raised a number of concerns after transport bosses removed a section of the 125 bus route covering Knight Crescent in the Silver Birch Estate in Middleton.

The service, which runs from Heywood to Middleton town centre, is the only bus service currently serving Birch and Hopwood and makes a number of stops along the route, including in Knight Crescent.

But bosses at Transport for Greater Manchester recently removed the Knight Crescent stop from the route, leaving residents of the estate struggling to make the approximately 15 minute walk to the nearest stop in Langley Lane.