Guests and visitors to the Walkden Station Gala celebrating the launch of Sunday Services, May 23rd 2010. Picture by Daniel Eden of Eden Photography

Scenes from FOWS 2011 Annual General Meeting: a general view of the meeting, a presentation to much-loved Marion Bainbridge on her retirement from the Ticket Office, guests and FOWS officals.

Bouquet from The Flower Room, Kearsley. Pictures by Daniel Eden of Eden Photography.

The minutes from the AGM are now available for download here.

Come to the FOWS Annual General Meeting !


Our AGM will be held in the Walkden Legion Club at 7.15pm on Wednesday 7th March. We have a terrific Guest Speaker in Paul Salveson, and our Guest Panel also includes representatives from Northern Rail and British Transport Police. Transport for Greater Manchester have also promised to send a rep. We're always looking to boost our numbers with fresh faces and ideas, so if you'd like to play a part in the continuing improvements at Walkden, please come along and find out what we do !

2011 Survey shows passenger numbers up another 20%


Passengers Boarding/Total Passengers Boarding or Alighting, FOWS Passenger Surveys, 2007-2011

This year's passenger count data is now available and shows the number of people using Walkden on a typical weekday morning has risen again. This year the increase is just over 20%.

For full details of our passenger counts from 2007 until the present, please see our Passenger Numbers webpage.

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