Whats happening with the disused section of platform beyond the fence ?
Northern Rail are working with Network Rail to re-open the disused section of platform and allow longer 4-carriage trains to stop at Walkden. A Network Rail survey found the platform had deteriorated quite badly during its years of closure, and they are now working on a plan to renovate and re-open a strip down either side of the platform. In this way the operational length of the platform could be increased at minimal cost. FOWS have offered to use the central area that will remain as a station garden. Network Rail have not yet announced a timetable for this work.
