Prestbury railway station
Prestbury  | |||||
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 Prestbury Station from outside | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Prestbury, Cheshire East England | ||||
| Grid reference | SJ904773 | ||||
| Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | PRB | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F1 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2015/16 |  55,602 | ||||
| 2016/17 | 64,458 | ||||
| 2017/18 |  63,974 | ||||
| 2018/19 | 61,890 | ||||
| 2019/20 | 57,818 | ||||
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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.[1]
Facilities
There is a car park and ticket machine at the station. The southbound platform is only accessible via footbridge.[2] Both platforms have waiting shelters. Previously, there was a payphone on platform 2; this was removed in May 2019.
Service pattern
From 14 December 2008 trains operate on an hourly pattern, terminating at Stoke-on-Trent (southbound) or Manchester Piccadilly (northbound).[3] Some early morning, peak and late night services originate/terminate at Macclesfield. A number of services previously operated through to/from Deansgate.
Trains towards Stoke-on-Trent generally depart Prestbury at xx14 (Monday to Saturday) with an additional evening peak service at 17:47 to Macclesfield only.
Trains towards Manchester Piccadilly depart Prestbury at xx22 Mondays to Saturdays, however services before 08:00 are significantly different (Monday to Friday) with departures at 06:21, 06:56, 07:24 and 07:53.
Northbound services towards Manchester Piccadilly generally call at Heaton Chapel, whereas most southbound services do not.
There are five services in each direction on Sundays.
Usage
On average 5 people use every train which stops at Prestbury.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Slater, John, ed. (April 1987). "Dearne Valley Railway". Why and Wherefore?. Railway Magazine. Vol. 133, no. 1032. Sutton, Surrey: Transport Press. p. 264. ISSN 0033-8923.
- ^ "National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Prestbury". Nationalrail.co.uk. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ https://be803fe5c416e39d38ae-aa21086260d3bd4e072d597fe09c2e80.ssl.cf3.rackcdn.com/images/timetables/2018-05/summer-2018-timetables/Northern-19-booklet-0418-20pp-v4.pdf
External links
- Train times and station information for Prestbury railway station from National Rail
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