Heaton Chapel railway station

Heaton Chapel
Heaton Chapel
Location
Place	Heaton Chapel
Local authority	Stockport
Operations
Station code	HTC
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
	Live arrivals/departures and station information; from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.251 million
2005/06 *	0.340 million
2006/07 *	0.354 million
2007/08 *	0.395 million
2008/09 *	0.461 million
2009/10 *	0.494 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Greater Manchester
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
	* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Heaton Chapel from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Heaton Chapel railway station serves the Heaton Chapel and Heaton Moor districts of Stockport, in Greater Manchester.

The station is 7 km (4½ miles) south of Manchester Piccadilly towards Stockport

The station was renamed from Heaton Chapel & Heaton Moor to Heaton Chapel on 6 May 1974.^[1]

The station is covered by a Ditra Systems Public Address System (PA), voiced by Phil Sayer.

[edit] Service

Four trains per hour go from Heaton Chapel towards Manchester Piccadilly northbound. These services come from Crewe, Buxton, Stoke on Trent and Alderley Edge (hourly from each). There are also three Mon-Fri peak period calls by Hazel Grove to Blackpool North services.

Southbound services run to Alderley Edge, Crewe and Buxton. The hourly Preston to Hazel Grove service also calls southbound. Services toward Macclesfield and Stoke on Trent no longer call in the southbound direction, except for a single early morning train.

During the evening and on Sundays, there are two trains per hour to Manchester and hourly trains to Crewe and Buxton.

[edit] References

^ Slater, J.N., ed. (July 1974). "Notes and News: Stations renamed by LMR". Railway Magazine (London: IPC Transport Press Ltd) 120 (879): 363. ISSN 0033-8923.