North West
Name: Blackpool and Fylde Rail Users’ Association
Line Covered: Blackpool South Line & Poulton to Blackpool North
Website: (Has Facebook page) https://www.facebook.com/BAFRUA
Contact: Can message via Facebook page
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Name: Bolton Rail Users’ Group
Line Covered: Services from Bolton station
Newsletter: Regular
Annual Subscription: Free (donations welcomed)
Website: https://boltonrailusersgroup.godaddysites.com
Contact: Can message via Facebook page
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Name: Chinley & Buxworth Transport Group
Line Covered: Chinley station and surrounding area
Meetings: Regular
Newsletter: No, but regular email updates
Website: http://www.chinleybuxworthtg.co.uk
Contact: chinleybuxworthtransportgroup@gmail.com
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Name: Furness Line Action Group (FLAG)
Line Covered: Lancaster to Barrow in Furness
Newsletter: Colour newsletter three times per year
Annual Subscription: £7 (individual), £10 (corporate)
Website: https://www.furnesslineactiongroup.co.uk
Contact: Info@furnessslineactiongroup.co.uk
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Name: Goyt Valley Rail Users’ Association (Stockport)
Line Covered: Manchester Piccadilly to Marple, New Mills and Rose Hill lines
Meetings: 2 per year
Newsletter: Regular
Annual Subscription: £2 (individual), £3 (household), £10 (corporate)
Website: http://www.marple-uk.com/community/railusers.htm
Contact: Address and telephone numbers on website
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Name: Hope Valley Railway Users’ Group
Line Covered: Hope Valley rail line, covering stations between Chinley and Dore
Website: http://hopevalleyrailway.org.uk
Contact: Use contact box on website
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Name: Lakes Line Rail User Group
Line Covered: Oxenholme to Windermere
Annual Subscription: £5 (individual), £7 (family), £13 (corporate)
Website: http://www.llrug.co.uk
Contact: secretary@llrug.co.uk
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Name: (Friends of) Littleborough Stations
Station Covered: Littleborough and Smithy Bridge Stations (on Caldervale Line)
Meetings: Quarterly
Annual Subscription: £3
Website: Â https://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/sites/friends-of-littleborough-stations
Contact: Use ‘Contact Us’ box on website
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Name: Mid-Cheshire Rail Users Association (MCRUA)
Line Covered: Manchester-Stockport-Altrincham-Knutsford-Northwich-Chester line
Newsletter: 3 or 4 per year
Annual Subscription: £8 (21 years plus), £2 (under 21), £11 (family), (£20 (voluntary body), £100 (corporate)
Website: https://www.mcrua.org.uk
Contact: Use contact box on website
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Name: North Cheshire Rail Users’ Group (NCRUG)
Line Covered: (i) Chester - Manchester via Warrington Bank Quay (ii) Ellesmere Port - Helsby - Warrington Bank Quay - Liverpool Lime St (iii) Chester - Runcorn main line via Frodsham
Newsletter: 3 per year
Annual Subscription: £5 (individual), £10 (corporate)
Website: http://www.ncrug.org.uk
Contact: Chairman@ncrug.org.uk
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Name: Ormskirk, Preston & Southport Travellers’ Association (OPSTA)
Line Covered: (i) Liverpool and Preston via Ormskirk, (ii) Southport and Kirkby to Manchester via Wigan
Newsletter: 4 per year
Annual Subscription: £10
Website: https://opsta.chessck.co.uk
Contact: Use contact box on website
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Name: (Friends of) Reddish South Station (FORSS)
Station Covered: Reddish South and Denton
Annual Subscription: Nil
Website: https://friendsofreddishsouthstation.co.uk/
Contact:Â forss1@ntlworld.com
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Name: Ribble Valley Rail
Line Covered: Blackburn to Clitheroe and Hellifield
Newsletter: 2 per year
Annual Subscription: £7.50 (individual), £11 (family/corporate)
Website: https://www.ribblevalleyrail.co.uk
Contact: Use contact box on website
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Name: (Friends of) Rose Hill Station (FORHS)
Station Covered: Rose Hill Station
Annual Subscription: Nil
Website: http://www.forhs.org.uk/
Contact: forhs142@gmail.com
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Name: (Friends of) St. Anne's Stations
Station Covered: St Anne's on the Sea Station (on Blackpool South - Preston line)
Annual Subscription: Nil
Facebook: www.facebook.com/friendsofstannesstation
Contact: tonyford19@gmail.com
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Name: (Friends of the) Settle - Carlisle Line
Line Covered: Settle Junction to Carlisle
Newsletter: Colour Magazine (40 pages) issued quarterly
Annual Subscription: £7 (individual), £9.50 (family), £3 (junior) £37 (corporate)
Website: https://www.foscl.org.uk
Contact: Use contact box on website
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Name: Shrewsbury-Chester Rail Users’ Association (SCRUA)
Line Covered: Shrewsbury to Chester
Website: (Has Facebook page) https://www.facebook.com/ShrewsburyChester
Contact: Use contact box on website
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Name: Support the Oldham Rochdale Manchester line (STORM)
Line Covered: Lines in the Oldham and Rochdale areas, including Metrolink from Rochdale to East Didsbury, via Oldham and Manchester
Meetings: Monthly
Website: http://www.stormrail.info
Contact: Use contact box on website
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Name: Wirral Transport Users’ Association
Line Covered: Wirral, Merseyside and West Cheshire area
Newsletter: 1 or 2 per year
Annual Subscription: £8 (individual), £10 (couple), £15 (representative body), £25 (corporate)
Website: http://www.wirraltua.org.uk
Contact: wirraltua@gmail.com
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Name: Wrexham-Bidston Rail Users’ Association
Line Covered: Wrexham and Bidston, and improved interchange at Bidston, Shotton and Wrexham
Newsletter: Periodic
Annual Subscription: £7 (individual), £9 (family), £5 (youth), £25 (small corporate), £50 (large corporate)
Website: https://www.wbrua.org
Contact: Admin@WBRUA.org