{"id":1640,"date":"2017-08-02T14:01:02","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T14:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paliltd.com\/news\/?p=1640"},"modified":"2017-08-02T14:01:02","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T14:01:02","slug":"warrington-get-new-railway-station-chapelford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paliltd.com\/news\/warrington-get-new-railway-station-chapelford\/","title":{"rendered":"Warrington to get new Railway station at Chapelford"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Planning chiefs at Warrington have given the go-ahead for the long-awaited new West Warrington railway station, at Chapelford. The station was originally approved in outline in 2002, with the scheme being heard at Planning Committee on the 19th<\/sup> July 2017 where the planning application was unanimously approved.<\/p>\n

Chapelford Urban Village is now close to completion with land available, as a result of a legal agreement with David Wilson Homes, to the south adjacent to Skelton\u2019s Bridge to construct the new rail station and car park which will provide around 350 parking spaces. The new station would be made accessible on foot, by bicycle, bus and car.<\/p>\n

Network Rail have confirmed that they will support the proposals for the station, which is estimated will cost around \u00a39m to build with around \u00a31m of funding already guaranteed from the Council\u2019s transport budgets and David Wilson Homes. The remaining funding is expected from a mixture of Government and private sector funding.<\/p>\n

The station will be an entirely new facility on the southern edge of Chapelford with the aim of improving accessibility across the west and north of Warrington. It is estimated that the station will attract around 800,000 passengers by 2025.<\/p>\n

The station is proposed to have the following facilities and features;<\/p>\n