Hale railway station

Hale railway station serves the area of Hale in the south of Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England. It is also used by people living in the surrounding areas of Bowdon and Hale Barns. The station is located on Ashley Road. It is on the Mid-Cheshire Line, from Chester to Manchester Piccadilly, 8 miles south west of Manchester Piccadilly.

Not to be confused with Hayle railway station.

Hale
Hale railway station in 2010
LocationHale, Trafford
England
Grid referenceSJ769869
Managed byNorthern Trains
Transit authorityGreater Manchester
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeHAL
ClassificationDfT category E
History
Opened1862
Passengers
2015/16 0.180 million
2016/17 0.178 million
2017/18 0.158 million
2018/19 0.144 million
2019/20 0.141 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History
Hale railway station in 1988 looking north from the level crossing with the signal box near left.

The station was opened as Peel Causeway by the Cheshire Midland Railway (CMR) on 12 May 1862 when the railway opened from Altrincham to Knutsford. The CMR was amalgamated into the Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC) on 15 August 1867. The station became Peel Causeway for Hale on 1 January 1899, and on 1 January 1902 it was renamed Hale. The station was served by passenger trains from Manchester Central to Northwich and Chester Northgate. The CLC remained an independent entity, as a joint London, Midland and Scottish Railway and London and North Eastern Railway operation after the Grouping of 1923, until the creation of British Railways (BR). The station then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation on 1 January 1948. When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways under arrangement with the Greater Manchester PTE (Now Transport for Greater Manchester) until the Privatisation of British Railways.

The current station has a ticket office at Platform 1, which is open on weekday mornings. Digital station information boards are in operation on both platforms along public announcements. Car parking is available either side of the level crossing. A veterinarian surgery now occupies most of the station building on Platform 1 while there is a health clinic on Platform 2. The signal box is not in use any more.

See also

References

    Griffiths, R.Prys (1978). The Cheshire Lines Railway. The Oakwood Press.

    Further reading
    • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Chester Northgate to Manchester. Middleton Press. figs. 69-73. ISBN 9781908174512. OCLC 892704846.
    Preceding station National Rail Following station
    Ashley   Northern Trains
    (Mid-Cheshire Line)    		   Altrincham

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