Village on track after a century

The last passenger train service to Cheadle was closed in 1917

- NICK STATHAM

TRAINS are to run from Cheadle for the first time since in over a century after proposals for a new railway station were given the green light.

Stockport council’s planning committee approved the 9m station when it met last week, despite 45 public objections.

Bankrolled by the government's flagship Town’s Fund, the new stop will be on the Chester to Manchester line next to the Alexandra Hospital and just 100 metres from Cheadle High Street.

Plans for the station which could open in 2025 include a single platform with covered shelters, car and cycle parking, passenger drop off facilities and electric vehicle charging points.