Alderley Edge railway station

Alderley Edge railway station serves the large village of Alderley Edge in Cheshire, England. The station is 13¾ miles (22 km) south of Manchester Piccadilly on the Crewe to Manchester Line.

Alderley Edge
National Rail
Southward view from the Crewe-bound platform.
General information
LocationAlderley Edge, Cheshire East
England
Grid referenceSJ843785
Managed byNorthern Trains
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeALD
ClassificationDfT category E
Key dates
10 May 1842Opened as Alderley[1]
April 1853Renamed to Alderley & Chorley[1]
January 1876Renamed to Alderley Edge[1]
26 June 1959Signal box closed[2]
Passengers
2017/18Increase 0.293 million
2018/19Increase 0.297 million
2019/20Decrease 0.288 million
2020/21Decrease 72,348
2021/22Increase 0.197 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History
Alderley Edge station, October 1962, with two AM4 EMUs

Opened by the Manchester and Birmingham Railway, then absorbed by the London and North Western Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Regional Railways on behalf of the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive until the privatisation of British Railways.

The line was electrified in 1960 (as the first stage of the West Coast Main Line electrification project) - since then, the station has acted as a terminus for some local services from the Manchester direction. Both platforms are bi-directionally signalled to facilitate this and there are turnback sidings provided close to the station to allow empty stock to be stabled clear of the main line.

Station layout

Alderley Edge station has two platforms, both of which have a small station building. The building on platform 1 has a wooden canopy and houses a waiting area and ticket office, but on platform 2 the building is not open to the public. The two platforms are connected by a footbridge and an adjacent road bridge at the southern end of the station.[3] There are two ticket machines on the western side of the station, accessible from platform 1.[4]

Vehicle access is available to the western side of the station but only for drop-off purposes; for longer stays a car park is provided to the east.[5]

Services

Northern

The basic weekday service pattern is:[6]

Transport for Wales

Transport for Wales operate a few services, on Sundays only:

  • Two services to Manchester Piccadilly, one of which using the little-used Manchester Airport bypass line (express from Wilmslow) and one calling at Wilmslow and Stockport.
  • One service to Swansea in the morning
  • One express service to Crewe

Notes
  1. Jonhson, E.M. (2022). Manchester to Crewe part three Sockport &Wilmslow. Burnage: E.M. Johnson. p. 48. ISBN 9781399922586.
  2. Jonhson, E.M. (2022). Manchester to Crewe part three Sockport &Wilmslow. Burnage: E.M. Johnson. p. 50. ISBN 9781399922586.
  3. "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  4. "A better way to go". www.northernrailway.co.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  5. "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  6. Table 84 National Rail timetable, December 2022

References

Further reading
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2014). Crewe to Manchester. Middleton Press. figs. 32-37. ISBN 9781908174574. OCLC 892047119.
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