Alsager railway station

Alsager
Location
Place	Alsager
Local authority	Cheshire East
Coordinates	53.0928°N 2.2981°W / 53.0928; -2.2981
Operations
Station code	ASG
Managed by	East Midlands Trains
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	22,297
2005/06 *	25,998
2006/07 *	32,216
2007/08 *	36,529
2008/09 *	35,342
2009/10 *	56,290
History
9 October 1848	Station opened
April 1889	Station renamed Alsager Rode Heath
2 April 1923	Station renamed Alsager
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Alsager from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Alsager railway station serves the town of Alsager in Cheshire, England. It stands next to a level crossing and is approximately 600 yards from the town centre. The station is 10 km (6.2 mi) east of Crewe on the Crewe to Derby Line which is also a Community rail line known as the North Staffordshire line. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Trains (EMT) Train Operating Company (TOC).

The station is unstaffed. The full range of tickets for travel are purchased from the guard on the train at no extra cost.

History

It was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway company on 9 October 1848 then 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 in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways until the Privatisation of British Railways.

The line through Alsager was electrified in 2003 so that it could be used as a diversionary route between Kidsgrove and Crewe during the West Coast Main Line improvement work.

Services

Since December 2008, Alsager has been served by both East Midlands Trains local services to Derby and the London Midland semi-fast service to London Euston via Stoke and Stafford, giving it a Monday-Saturday daytime frequency of two trains an hour in both directions.

The current Monday - Saturday service consists of:

• An hourly train in each direction operated by East Midlands Train between Crewe and Derby.
• An hourly train in each direction operated by London Midland between Crewe and London Euston (daytime only).

Sunday services consist of an hourly frequency in both directions after 1400 between Crewe and Derby, along with five return journeys between Crewe and London Euston.

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Kidsgrove		East Midlands Trains Crewe to Derby Line		Crewe
Kidsgrove		London Midland London-Crewe		Crewe

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687. 
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 
• Station on navigable O.S. map

External links

• Train times and station information for Alsager railway station from National Rail
• Pictures of the station during diversions