Garage owner fears new plans for train station will force him out of business
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA car showroom boss says he believes part of the plans for a new railway station i n Cheadle will force him out of business.
It was announced in July that Cheadle Towns Fund Board (CTFB) had been granted government funding for the new £9m station and £1m for a related package of walking and cycling routes.
In May a planning application was submitted for the proposed new single platform station, on the Chester to Manchester (Mid Cheshire) line off Manchester Road next to the Alexandra Hospital.
Council chiefs say it will be built in phases with the hope it can be completed 2025. The move, which will see Cheadle to be served by its own railway station for the first time in nearly 60 years and link it to both Stockport station and Manchester Piccadilly, has been widely welcomed in the area. READ MORE: 'Sudden death' of woman in Stockport sparks police investigation A survey conducted on behalf of the CTFB found 87 percent of the people questioned supported the development of a new station, and that 66 percent said were likely to travel to it by foot and 13 percent by bike.
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