Burnage railway station

Burnage
General information
Location	Burnage, Manchester England
Grid reference	SJ857917
Managed by	Northern Trains
Transit authority	Greater Manchester
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BNA
Classification	DfT category E
History
Opened	1910
Key dates
1958	Reconstructed
2007	Reconstruction of platforms
Passengers
2019/20	0.213 million
2020/21	37,962
2021/22	0.135 million
2022/23	0.142 million
2023/24	0.160 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Burnage railway station serves the suburb of Burnage in south Manchester, England. It is a stop on the Styal Line between Manchester Piccadilly, Manchester Airport and Wilmslow. It caters mainly for commuter traffic, with regular services between Crewe, Manchester Airport and Manchester Piccadilly.

History

The view northwards towards Manchester London Road in 1965

The station was opened in 1910.

The line was electrified at 25 kV AC overhead in 1959, during the modernisation of the line as part of the wider West Coast Main Line electrification programme.

From May 2018, services operated on a 'skip-stop' basis at irregular intervals to increase capacity on the line. As a designated Northern Connect stop, a direct express service to Blackpool North, via Chorley, was introduced as part of this timetable change. This was replaced by calls on services between Windermere/Barrow-in-Furness and Manchester Airport running via Wigan North Western as part of the December 2019 timetable change.

Facilities

The entrance to Burnage station

The station has the following facilities:

• A staffed ticket office, open on Monday to Friday (06:30-13:00) and Saturday (07:00-14:00)
• A ticket machine

Services

Northern Trains runs hourly services each way between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Airport, and between Manchester Piccadilly and Crewe. On Sundays, the stopping service runs hourly between Liverpool Lime Street and Wilmslow.

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
East Didsbury		Northern Trains Styal Line		Mauldeth Road
		Northern Trains local stopping service Monday to Saturday

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2014). Crewe to Manchester. Middleton Press. figs. 57-58. ISBN 9781908174574. OCLC 892047119.

External links

• Train times and station information for Burnage railway station from National Rail
• Manchester Local Image Collection
  • Burnage Station looking west along Fog Lane, 1934
  • Burnage Station looking east along Fog Lane, 1934
  • Southbound platform Burnage Station during reconstruction, 1958
  • Northbound platform Burnage Station during reconstruction, 1958
  • Southbound platform Burnage Station from Fog Lane, 1960
  • Northbound platform Burnage Station from Fog Lane, 1960
• Burnage Station during 2007 redevelopment (27 January 2007)