Burnage railway station


Burnage railway station is a railway station in south Manchester, England, in the suburb of Burnage on the Styal Line. The station is served by Manchester - Crewe Northern Trains stopping services to Manchester Airport. It caters mainly for commuter traffic, being electrified at 25 kV AC overhead, and is used by EMU traffic.
The station sits on the Styal Line to, one of the congested lines on the national rail network. Historically it has been served by a half-hourly service to / and.
Since May 2018 services operate on a 'skip-stop' basis at irregular intervals to increase capacity on the line. As a designated Northern Connect stop, a direct express service to Blackpool North via was introduced as part of this timetable change. This was replaced by calls on services between / and running via as part of the December 2019 timetable change.

Services

The current Monday to Saturday service is a roughly half hourly service to and, with one southbound train per hour continuing to via. Northbound services continue to or / via.
On Sundays, Burnage is served by one train per hour in each direction to via Manchester Airport, and Liverpool Lime Street via Manchester Piccadilly. Services between / and still run but do not call at Burnage.