Alderley Edge railway station serves the large village of

Alderley Edge Alderley Edge is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England. In 2011, it had a population of 4,780. Alderley Edge is northwest of Macclesfield and south of Manchester, at the base of a steep and thickly wooded sandstone escarpment, Alder ...

in Cheshire,

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. The station is 13¾ miles (22 km) south of Manchester Piccadilly on the

Crewe to Manchester Line Crewe () is a railway town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. The Crewe built-up area had a total population of 75,556 in 2011, which also covers parts of the adjacent civil parishes of Willaston, ...

History

Opened by the

Manchester and Birmingham Railway The Manchester and Birmingham Railway was built between Manchester and Crewe and opened in stages from 1840. Between Crewe and Birmingham, trains were worked by the Grand Junction Railway. The M&BR was merged into the London and North Western ...

, then absorbed by the London and North Western Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the

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of 1923. The line then passed on to the

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on nationalisation in 1948. When sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by

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on behalf of the

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until the

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ways. The line was electrified in 1960 (as the first stage of the

West Coast Main Line The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important railway corridors in the United Kingdom, connecting the major cities of London and Glasgow with branches to Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester and Edinburgh. It is one of the busiest ...

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

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and an adjacent

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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

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is provided to the east.

Services

Northern

The basic weekday service pattern is: * Four trains per hour towards Manchester Piccadilly ** One train per hour to Manchester Piccadilly starting from here. ** One train per hour runs via the Styal Line, calling at

Wilmslow Wilmslow ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England, south of Manchester city centre. The population was 24,497 at the 2011 Census. History Toponymy Wilmslow derives its name from Old ...

, Styal, Manchester Airport,

Heald Green Heald Green is a suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. In the south-west of the borough, near Manchester Airport and within the boundaries of the historic county of Cheshire, it is bordered by Gatley and C ...

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, East Didsbury,

Burnage Burnage is a suburb of the city of Manchester in North West England, about south of Manchester city centre and bisected by the dual carriageway of Kingsway. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, the population of the B ...

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

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Cheadle Hulme Cheadle Hulme () is a suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England,. Historically in Cheshire, it is south-west of Stockport and south-east of Manchester. It lies in the Ladybrook Valley, on the Cheshire Pla ...

, Stockport and

Heaton Chapel Heaton Chapel is an area in the northern part of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, it borders the Manchester districts of Levenshulme to the north, the Stockport districts of He ...

, and terminates at Piccadilly. ** One train per hour runs via the same Stockport route, calling additionally at

Levenshulme Levenshulme () is an area of Manchester, England, bordering Fallowfield, Longsight, Gorton, Burnage, Heaton Chapel and Reddish; it is approximately halfway between Stockport and Manchester city centre on the A6. Levenshulme is predominant ...

, then continues to

Southport Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 90,336, making it the eleventh most populous settlement in North West England. Southport lies on the Iris ...

via

Wigan Wallgate Wigan Wallgate railway station is one of two railway stations serving the town centre of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England. The station serves two routes, the Manchester-Southport Line and the Manchester- Kirkby Line. It is 16 miles north-w ...

* Two trains per hour to Crewe ** One starting from Manchester Piccadilly ** One starting from Liverpool Lime Street

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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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