Delight as train firm admits to talks about restoring railway link

Railway lines connecting Cheadle to Derby and Stoke-on-Trentcould be brought back into use.

Moorlands and City Railway (MCR) is in talks about restoringCheadle's disused railway line, off Station Road.

The company has already restored the Cauldon Lowe railway lineand is planning on reopening the disused Leekbrook line to Alton,and eventually have trains running to Stoke-on-Trent.

If negotiations are successful, there could also be a lightrailway in operation on the three-mile track from Cheadle toCresswell.

David Kemp, MCR commercial director, said: "We are interesting inlooking at whether it would be a realistic or viable railway routefrom …