Alderley Edge railway station serves the large village of Alderley Edge in

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, England. The station is 13¾ miles (22 km) south of

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on the Crewe to Manchester Line.

History

Opened by the Manchester and Birmingham Railway, then absorbed by the

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, it became part of the

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during the grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on

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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 (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.

Station layout

Alderley Edge station has two platforms, both of which have a small station building. The building on platform 1 has a wooden canopy and houses a waiting area and ticket office, but on platform 2 the building 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. 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.

Services

Northern

The basic weekday service pattern is: * Four trains per hour towards

** One train per hour to Manchester Piccadilly starting from here. ** One train per hour runs via the Styal Line, calling at Wilmslow,

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, Heald Green, Gatley,

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, Burnage and Mauldeth Road, then continues to Liverpool Lime Street via Chat Moss ** One train per hour runs via the Stockport route, calling at Wilmslow, Handforth, Cheadle Hulme,

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and Heaton Chapel, and terminates at Piccadilly. ** One train per hour runs via the same Stockport route, calling additionally at Levenshulme, then continues to Southport via Wigan Wallgate * Two trains per hour to

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** One starting from Manchester Piccadilly ** One starting from Liverpool Lime Street

Transport for Wales

Transport for Wales operate a few services, on Sundays only: * Two services to Manchester Piccadilly, one of which using the little-used Manchester Airport bypass line (express from Wilmslow) and one calling at Wilmslow and Stockport. * One service to Swansea in the morning * One express service to Crewe

Notes

References

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Station on navigable O.S. map

External links

Crewe-Manchester Community Rail Partnership
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