Hourly trains from Congleton north and south

At last, 10 years after losing our hourly service, it's back. Unfortunately the PR event (Santa's visit to celebrate with Saturday shoppers) was derailed by a car on the line a few days previously. But on the plus side, the station has a Christmas tree and fresh paint.

Great not to have to wait for a 2-hourly service, but unfortunately the journey time to Manchester has increased from 30 to 50-odd minutes. Not so many fast trains to connect with from Macclesfield either. Oh well, another 10 years to get some fast trains too?

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