Plumley railway station

Plumley National Rail
Plumley railway station
Location
Place Plumley
Local authority Cheshire East
Grid reference SJ721754
Operations
Station code PLM
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 25,420
2013/14 Increase 27,246
2014/15 Decrease 26,516
2015/16 Decrease 26,006
2016/17 Increase 27,682
History
Key dates Opened 1 January 1863 (1 January 1863)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Plumley from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Plumley railway station serves the village of Plumley in Cheshire, England. The station is 20½ miles (33 km) east of Chester on the Mid-Cheshire Line to Manchester Piccadilly.

Facilities

The station is unstaffed and has basic amenities only (waiting shelters, CIS displays and timetable poster boards). A public telephone is also provided to offer train running information. The main building is now privately owned and used as commercial premises. Step-free access is available to both platforms.[1]

Service

Monday to Saturday there is an hourly service westbound to Chester and eastbound to Manchester Piccadilly, with a couple of weekday peak hour extras to/from Stockport. On Sundays there is now a two-hourly service to Chester and to Southport via Manchester and Bolton.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Plumley station facilities National Rail Enquiries
  2. ↑ Table 88 National Rail timetable, December 2016

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Chester Northgate to Manchester. Middleton Press. figs. 52-54. ISBN 9781908174512. OCLC 892704846.
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Lostock Gralam   Northern
Mid-Cheshire Line		   Knutsford

Coordinates: 53°16′30″N 2°25′12″W / 53.275°N 2.420°W / 53.275; -2.420


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