Heald Green railway station

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

Heald Green
National Rail
General information
LocationHeald Green, Stockport
England
Grid referenceSJ847886
Managed byNorthern
Transit authorityTransport for Greater Manchester
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeHDG
ClassificationDfT category E
Key dates
1909Opened
Passengers
2017/18Decrease 0.490 million
 Interchange Decrease 3,513
2018/19Increase 0.513 million
 Interchange Decrease 679
2019/20Decrease 0.482 million
 Interchange Decrease 21
2020/21Decrease 84,318
 Interchange Decrease 3
2021/22Increase 0.265 million
 Interchange Increase 12
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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 has a ticket office on Platform 1, which is open Monday-Saturday 06:15-19:30. Ticket vending machines are in place on both platforms for purchase of tickets or promise to pay coupons when the ticket office is closed and for the collection of pre-paid tickets.

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

As of December 2022, the basic Monday to Saturday off-peak service comprises three trains per hour southbound to Manchester Airport, of which one continues to Crewe, and three trains per hour northbound to Manchester Piccadilly, one of which is fast and continues to Blackpool North, and one of which continues to Liverpool Lime Street via Newton-le-Willows.

On Sundays, the stopping service from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Airport is extended to terminate at Wilmslow and the Manchester Piccadilly to Crewe stopping service does not run. The fast train to Blackpool North runs and the second stopping service is replaced by a fast service to Barrow-in-Furness or Windermere via Chorley.[2]

Preceding station   National Rail National Rail   Following station
Northern Trains
Styal Line local stopping service
Monday to Saturday
Northern Trains
Northern Trains
Northern Trains

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.
  2. "Northern Trains – Timetables" (PDF). Northern. Archived from the original on 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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