Hartford railway station
Hartford | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Borough of Cheshire West and Chester |
| Managed by | London Northwestern Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | HTF |
Hartford railway station is in the village of Hartford, in Cheshire, England. It is situated on the A559 road approximately two miles (3.2 km) west of the town of Northwich.
History
Hartford station was built by the Grand Junction Railway (GJR)[1]: 55 and opened in September 1837.[2] The GJR became a constituent of the newly formed London and North Western Railway on 16 July 1846,[3] which in turn was absorbed by the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSR) in 1923. The LMSR was nationalised within British Railways on 1 January 1948 and the station and its train services were thereafter operated by the London Midland Region of BR. The station buildings were greatly rationalised at the time of the West Coast electrification in the 1960s.
Facilities
The station is in a cutting with steps down from the car park. There is a ramp for wheelchairs but it is very steep. The station is staffed (ticket office is open from start of service until late afternoon during the week and on Saturdays, but limited on a Sunday). There are bus stops and a public phone box on the road. The centre of the village of Hartford is about 0.8 miles (1.3 km) to the east, about 10–15 minutes walk.
Greenbank railway station is about 1 mile (1.6 km) away (nearer to Northwich) on the Mid-Cheshire Line from Chester to Manchester Piccadilly.
The station underwent upgrades in the Spring of 2011. The upgrades included new voice announcements, live arrivals and departure boards and electronic systems.
Network Rail delivered more improvements to the station in the summer of 2014. These improvements ranged from replacing the station roof, resurfaced platforms and a new station footbridge. Step-free access is possible to both platforms via ramps from the nearby road.
Services
Monday to Saturday
Hartford is currently served by two trains an hour, operated by West Midlands Trains, between Liverpool Lime Street railway station and Birmingham New Street railway station[4]
Sunday's & Bank Holidays
On Sundays this service is reduced to one train per hour in each direction.
References
- Notes
- ^ Drake, James (1838). Drake's Road Book of the Grand Junction Railway (1838). Moorland Reprints. ISBN 0903485257.
- ^ Butt 1995, p. 114
- ^ Awdry 1990, p. 78
- ^ Ltd, swlines. "Realtime Trains - Departures from Hartford". www.realtimetrains.co.uk.
- Bibliography
- Awdry, Christopher (1990), Encyclopedia of British Railway Companies, Guild Publishing CN8983
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995), The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens, ISBN 1-85260-508-1
External links
- Train times and station information for Hartford railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station |  National Rail
|
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winsford or Crewe | London Northwestern Railway West Coast Main Line |
Acton Bridge or Runcorn | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Winsford | London and North Western Railway Grand Junction Railway |
Acton Bridge | ||
