Heald Green railway station

Heald Green railway station serves the suburb of Heald Green in Stockport, England.

Heald Green
Location
PlaceHeald Green
Local authorityStockport
Grid referenceSJ847886
Operations
Station codeHDG
Managed byNorthern
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryE
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 0.498 million
– Interchange  3,682
2015/16 0.475 million
– Interchange  3,594
2016/17 0.507 million
– Interchange  4,762
2017/18 0.489 million
– Interchange  3,513
2018/19 0.513 million
– Interchange  679
Passenger Transport Executive
PTETransport for Greater Manchester
History
1909Opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Heald Green from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

The station is on the Styal Line, opened in 1909 by the London & North Western Railway, between Slade Lane Junction (north of Mauldeth Road) and Wilmslow. To the south of the station is Heald Green Junction, a triangular junction for the branch to Manchester Airport.[1]

This two-platform station is used by Northern; there are regular services to Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport with some services continuing to Wilmslow and Crewe.

Station facilities

Heald Green is a staffed station with ticket purchasing facilities available. Both platforms have Ticket Vending Machines.

Both platforms have waiting shelters with metal seating, with platform one having a station building which includes a small waiting room, ticket office and timetables. Both platforms have electronic departure boards as well as automated audio announcements. Interchange between platforms requires you to leave the station and cross over the tracks by using the road bridge at the north end of the station.

Services

Since May 2019, the basic Monday to Friday off-peak service comprises three trains per hour to Manchester Airport, of which one continues to Crewe; one per hour to Blackpool North via Chorley; one per hour to Preston via Wigan North Western, most of which continue to Barrow-in-Furness or Windermere; and one per hour to Liverpool Lime Street.

On Sundays, the service is similar except that the service continuing from Manchester Airport terminates at Wilmslow instead of Crewe, and there is only an hourly service to Preston, with most trains continuing to Blackpool North via Chorley.

Preceding station   National Rail   Following station
Manchester Airport
Northern Trains
Crewe to Liverpool Lime Street via Chat Moss
(Styal Line local stopping service)
Northern Trains
Manchester Airport to Blackpool North via Chorley
Manchester Piccadilly
Northern Trains
Windermere/Barrow-in-Furness to Manchester Airport

References
  1. Baker, Stuart K. (October 2010) [1977]. Rail Atlas Great Britain & Ireland (12th ed.). Hersham: Oxford Publishing Co. p. 52, section A1. ISBN 978-0-86093-632-9. 1010/C.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Further reading
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2014). Crewe to Manchester. Middleton Press. figs. 48-51. ISBN 9781908174574. OCLC 892047119.


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