Prestbury railway station
Prestbury | |
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Prestbury Station from outside | |
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Place | Prestbury |
Local authority | Cheshire East |
Grid reference | SJ904773 |
Operations | |
Station code | PRB |
Managed by | Northern |
Number of platforms | 2 |
DfT category | F1 |
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
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National Rail – UK railway stations | |
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Prestbury from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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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]
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/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 3 people use every train which stops at Prestbury.
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.
- ↑ http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/PRB/details.html
- ↑ https://be803fe5c416e39d38ae-aa21086260d3bd4e072d597fe09c2e80.ssl.cf3.rackcdn.com/images/timetables/2018-05/summer-2018-timetables/Northern-19-booklet-0418-20pp-v4.pdf
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Prestbury railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Prestbury railway station from National Rail
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