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Sunday rail services in Congleton
P003141 - 03 December 2025 to 17 December 2025
Presentations: 2
Presenters: 1
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At a Glance
This petition concerning sunday rail services in congleton was presented to Parliament 2 times by 1 MP.
Issue Summary
The petition highlights the absence of Sunday train services in Congleton for over a year, making weekend travel difficult and unacceptable given the town’s growth and size.
Action Requested
Urge the Department for Transport and the Office of Rail and Road to require at least six daily trains each way between Stoke and Manchester on Sundays, facilitated by more equitable crew resource allocation and additional CrossCountry train stops in Congleton temporarily.
Key Facts
- No Sunday train services in Congleton for over a year.
- Northern relies heavily on volunteer staff for Sunday operations due to contract limitations.
- 95% of Northern conductors are not contracted to work Sundays.
- Northern introduced a temporary reduced Sunday timetable in January 2025, reducing cancellations but limiting direct services to some areas like Congleton.
- CrossCountry trains last called at Congleton in 2020; currently, only 12 out of 33 passing trains can stop due to length constraints or timetabling issues.
Presentation Timeline
MPs presented this petition on the following dates. Each card shows the presenters and any recorded remarks.
Presented
17 December 2025
Sarah Russell
Lab
Congleton
Presented
03 December 2025
Sarah Russell
Lab
Congleton
I rise to present a petition on Sunday rail services in Congleton. In presenting this petition, I thank councillors from the progressive coalition on Congleton town council, Richard Eadie and the Congleton Sustainable Travel group for acquiring the relevant signatures.
The petitioners request the House of Commons to urge the Department for Transport and the independent regulator, the Office of Rail and Road, to require a Sunday train service for Congleton of at least six trains each way between Stoke and Manchester, facilitated by a more equitable share of the Northern train crew resource and a requirement, at least in the interim, for certain CrossCountry trains to make an additional stop at Congleton throughout the day on Sundays; and to confirm and commit to a date when a sufficiently robust seven-day timetable will resume for Congleton.
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