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A new single-platform train station in Cheadle might be years away from opening after ‘scandalous’ delays, an MP has said. The project was given planning permission by Stockport council last year and was expected to move ahead in 2025, joining the Mid-Cheshire line to Manchester Piccadilly.

A £13.9m funding package was approved for the project in 2022 as part of the previous government's Towns Fund scheme. But progress has been held up by the timetable and how it could impact other services in the network.

Cheadle MP Tom Morrison said: “The people of Cheadle have been waiting desperately for this station and they are running out of patience. We were promised it would be here in 2025. Now we're looking at 2028/29 at the earliest - and frankly, residents are losing fa

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