Leigh wants Metrolink sooner rather than later, that is the message from Wigan Council.
In Wigan Town Hall’s council chamber Coun Dane Anderton proposed to write to the GMCA and TfGM to bring forward a business case for the inclusion of Leigh as a Metrolink terminus. Although Leigh is mentioned in Transport for Greater Manchester’s forward 2040 plan, Coun Anderton believes this will not happen fast enough unless they as a council “draw the line in the sand”.
GMCA’s ambitions for metro/tram-train services sets out schemes that they hope to develop options to potentially extend Metrolink to Bolton, Wigan and Stockport.
