Burnage railway station is a

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in south

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, in the suburb of

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 ...

on the Styal Line. The station is served by

– Crewe

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stopping services to Manchester Airport. It caters mainly for commuter traffic, being electrified at 25 kV AC overhead, and is used by

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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 '

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' 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

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The current Monday to Saturday service is a roughly half hourly service to and , with one southbound train per hour continuing to via , and one northbound train per hour continuing to via . On Sundays, the service is reduced to one train per hour between and .

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Manchester Local Image Collection

Burnage Station looking west along Fog Lane, 1934

Burnage Station looking east along Fog Lane, 1934

Southbound platform Burnage Station during reconstruction, 1958

Northbound platform Burnage Station during reconstruction, 1958

Southbound platform Burnage Station from Fog Lane, 1960

Northbound platform Burnage Station from Fog Lane, 1960Burnage Station during 2007 redevelopment (27 January 2007)
Railway stations in Manchester DfT Category E stations Former London and North Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1910 Northern franchise railway stations {{GreaterManchester-railstation-stub

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