a further bid to the third round of the Restoring Your Railway fund was successful, seeing up to £50,000 contributed towards developing early stage proposals. The bid proposes either reinstatement of heavy rail services to Manchester Victoria, or a light rail service extending from the existing Manchester Metrolink East Manchester Line terminus at Ashton-under-Lyne. References Rail transport in Greater Manchester Transport in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport Railway lines in North West England