Online petition launched opposing cuts to rail services at Padgate Station

LOCAL Liberal Democrats have launched a petition opposing plans to reduce rail services from Padgate Station, Warrington.

A consultation on these proposals has been opened which could mean reductions at Padgate Station from May next year.

Local Campaigner Dave Crowther said: “Travellers from Padgate would lose out from these proposals so we have launched a petition called ‘Say No to Northern Rail Reducing our Service from Padgate Station” It can be accessed on-line at https://digitallibdems.typeform.com/to/stVfxeXr
He added: “Padgate would no longer have a direct link with Liverpool Lime Street. Trains from Bank Quay to North Wales would stop at Chester and not continue through to North Wales. There would be reduced services the other way for trains to Manchester and further east.”
Fellow campaigner Dan Warren added: “I have used the service from Padgate to get into Liverpool and back many times, as I live under a mile walk away. Many people commute to work from the station, and we should offer more public transport not less with climate change growing as an issue.”

Picture shows Dave and Dan at Padgate station