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Plans for new Greater Manchester station approved 64 years after town lost rail connection


01/05/2025 in News

An artist's impression of the proposed Golborne station. TRANSPORT FOR GREATER MANCHESTER.

Plans for a new station at Golborne have been approved more than 60 years after the Greater Manchester town’s last station closed.




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