Prestbury railway station

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Prestbury National Rail
Prestbury
Prestbury Station from outside
Location
Place Prestbury
Local authority Cheshire East
Operations
Station code PRB
Managed by Northern Rail
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 * 25,062
2005/06 * increase 34,868
2006/07 * increase 39,182
2007/08 * increase 42,429
2008/09 * decrease 41,252
2009/10 * decrease 42,338
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Prestbury from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Prestbury railway station, is an unstaffed station which serves the village of Prestbury, Cheshire, England. It was opened on 24 November 1845 by the London & North Western Railway.

From 14 December 2008 trains operate on an hourly pattern, terminating at Stoke on Trent(southbound) or Manchester Piccadilly (northbound). Some early morning/late night services originate/terminate at Macclesfield.

Trains towards Stoke on Trent generally depart Prestbury at xx14 (Monday to Saturday) with an additional evening peak service at 17.44 (Monday to Friday only). The last two services in an evening terminate at Macclesfield.

Trains towards Manchester Piccadilly depart Prestbury at xx24 Mondays to Saturdays, however services before 09.00 are significantly different (Monday to Friday) with departures at 06.26, 06.57, 07.21, 07.44, 08.10 and 08.23. The 08.10 train is the only service not to call at Adlington.

Northbound services towards Manchester Piccadilly generally call at Heaton Chapel and Levenshulme whereas Southbound services do not.

There are three afternoon/evening services in each direction on Sundays.

On average 3 people use every train which stops at Prestbury.

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Coordinates: 53°17′35″N 2°08′42″W / 53.293°N 2.145°W / 53.293; -2.145

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