Prestbury railway station

Prestbury railway station is an unstaffed station which serves the village of Prestbury, Cheshire, England. It was opened on 24 November 1845 by the London & North Western Railway.[1]

Prestbury
Prestbury Station from outside
LocationPrestbury, Cheshire East
England
Grid referenceSJ904773
Managed byNorthern Trains
Platforms2
Other information
Station codePRB
ClassificationDfT category F1
Passengers
2015/16 55,602
2016/17 64,458
2017/18 63,974
2018/19 61,890
2019/20 57,818
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Facilities

There is a car park and ticket machine at the station. The southbound platform is only accessible via footbridge.[2] Both platforms have waiting shelters. Previously, there was a payphone on platform 2; this was removed in May 2019.

Service pattern

From 14 December 2008 trains operate on an hourly pattern, terminating at Stoke-on-Trent (southbound) or Manchester Piccadilly (northbound).[3] Some early morning, peak and late night services originate/terminate at Macclesfield. A number of services previously operated through to/from Deansgate.

Trains towards Stoke-on-Trent generally depart Prestbury at xx14 (Monday to Saturday) with an additional evening peak service at 17:47 to Macclesfield only.

Trains towards Manchester Piccadilly depart Prestbury at xx22 Mondays to Saturdays, however services before 08:00 are significantly different (Monday to Friday) with departures at 06:21, 06:56, 07:24 and 07:53.

Northbound services towards Manchester Piccadilly generally call at Heaton Chapel, whereas most southbound services do not.

There are five services in each direction on Sundays.

Usage

On average 5 people use every train which stops at Prestbury.

References
  1. Slater, John, ed. (April 1987). "Dearne Valley Railway". Why and Wherefore?. Railway Magazine. Vol. 133 no. 1032. Sutton, Surrey: Transport Press. p. 264. ISSN 0033-8923.
  2. "National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Prestbury". Nationalrail.co.uk. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  3. https://be803fe5c416e39d38ae-aa21086260d3bd4e072d597fe09c2e80.ssl.cf3.rackcdn.com/images/timetables/2018-05/summer-2018-timetables/Northern-19-booklet-0418-20pp-v4.pdf
Preceding station   National Rail   Following station
Northern Trains
Stoke-on-Trent - Manchester Piccadilly
(Local stopping service)

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