Alderley Edge railway station


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

History

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 - 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.

Services

During off-peak periods on weekdays before 7pm, there are:
One of the via Stockport trains now runs through to and via, whilst the Airport service continues to Liverpool Lime Street via. The new through services are introduced as part of a major timetable revamp in May 2018.
After 19:00, the service drops to half-hourly to Manchester and hourly to Crewe and Wigan.
On Sundays there is an hourly service each way to Crewe and Manchester via Stockport. Connections for the Airport can be made at Wilmslow.
Transport for Wales also operate on Sundays:
The majority of Northern Trains services are worked by or trains, though the through Wigan trains are diesel operated.