Ashley railway station

Ashley National Rail
Location
Place Ashley
Local authority Cheshire East
Grid reference SJ773843
Operations
Station code ASY
Managed by Northern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Increase 7,174
2013/14 Decrease 5,856
2014/15 Increase 6,362
2015/16 Increase 7,578
2016/17 Increase 8,680
History
Key dates Opened 12 May 1862 (12 May 1862)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ashley from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Ashley railway station is in the village of Ashley in Cheshire, England. It is located on the Mid-Cheshire Line 17 3⁄4 miles (28.6 km) southwest of Manchester Piccadilly.

History

Opened by the Cheshire Lines Committee, the line through the station became a joint London, Midland and Scottish Railway and London and North Eastern Railway operation after the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways under arrangement with the Greater Manchester PTE until the Privatisation of British Railways.

The station retains many of its original features and buildings, although these have been converted for residential use.

Facilities

The station is unstaffed and was, until 12 December 2010, a request stop only. Amenities here are very basic, with just a single waiting shelter on platform 2 and bench seating, timetable posters and a public telephone. Step-free access is available to both platforms.[1]

Services

There is an hourly service (more at peak times) on weekdays & Saturdays running to Manchester via Stockport, and in the opposite direction to Chester.[2] Trains call every two hours on Sundays, although since 2018 no longer with through running beyond Manchester Piccadilly to Southport via Bolton and Wigan Wallgate.

References

  1. ↑ Ashley station facilities National Rail Enquiries
  2. ↑ Table 88 National Rail timetable, May 2017
  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • Station on navigable 1946 O. S. map

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Chester Northgate to Manchester. Middleton Press. figs. 64-68. ISBN 9781908174512. OCLC 892704846.
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Mobberley   Northern
Mid-Cheshire Line		   Hale

Coordinates: 53°21′22″N 2°20′28″W / 53.356°N 2.341°W / 53.356; -2.341


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