Alderley Edge railway station

Opened by the Manchester and Birmingham Railway, then absorbed by the London and North Western Railway, the line became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. It then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.^{[citation needed]}

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 Rail.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

Alderley Edge station has two platforms, both of which have small buildings: the one on platform 1 has a wooden canopy, and houses a waiting area and ticket office; the building on platform 2 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. There are two ticket machines on the western side of the station, accessible from platform 1.^[2][3]

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.^[3]

The station is served by two train operating companies, which operate the following patterns in trains per hour/day (tph/tpd):

Northern Trains provides the following basic weekday service pattern:^[4]

• 3 tph to Manchester Piccadilly; of which:
  • 2 tph run via the Stockport route, calling at Wilmslow, Handforth, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, Heaton Chapel and Levenshulme
  • 1 tph runs via the Styal Line, calling at Wilmslow, Styal, Manchester Airport, Heald Green, Gatley, East Didsbury, Burnage and Mauldeth Road
• 2 tph to Crewe, calling at Chelford, Goostrey, Holmes Chapel and Sandbach.

On Sundays:

• 1 tp2h stopping service in each direction between Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly, via Stockport.

Transport for Wales provides the following basic weekday service pattern:^[5]

• 2 tpd to Manchester Piccadilly, via Stockport.

On Saturdays:

• 3 tpd to Manchester Piccadilly, via Stockport.

On Sundays:

• 2 tpd to Manchester Piccadilly; of which:
  • 1 tpd via the Styal Line
  • 1 tpd calling at Wilmslow and Stockport
• 1 tpd express to Crewe.

More information Preceding station, National Rail ...

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Chelford		Northern Trains Crewe to Manchester		Wilmslow
Holmes Chapel
Terminus		Northern Trains Alderley Edge to Manchester
Crewe		Transport for Wales Cardiff/Shrewsbury/Crewe to Manchester

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