Plans to restore a much-loved woodland railway at one of Wigan’s most popular visitor attractions are firmly back on track as Wigan Council has announced it will invest £380,000 to see the miniature railway at Haigh Woodland Park return to its former glory.
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00:00Hi, here we are at Woodland Park for a fantastic announcement today that the train will be coming
00:04back. There's been a lot of work done on it over the years with volunteers but we've actually got
00:08a massive announcement that the council put massive investment into this which is a family
00:13favourite here. People talk about it every day, people have got memories going back.
00:17We want new memories to be made on this railway. The volunteers have done a fantastic job so we
00:23can't wait for the finished article. Just watch this as it moves forward and in a couple of years
00:27everything will come together. Nearly £40 million investment in the park
00:31for the people of the borough. Fantastic and we can't wait.