Prestbury railway station

Prestbury
Prestbury
	Prestbury Station from outside
Location	Prestbury, Cheshire East; England
Grid reference	SJ904773
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	PRB
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Opened	24 November 1845
Passengers
2016/17	64,458
2017/18	63,974
2018/19	61,890
2019/20	57,818
2020/21	8,768
Location
Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Prestbury railway station is a 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] Both platforms have waiting shelters. Previously, there was a payphone on platform 2; this was removed in May 2019.

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, peak and late night services originate/terminate at Macclesfield.

There are five services in each direction on Sundays.

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.
^ "National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Prestbury". Nationalrail.co.uk. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
^ https://be803fe5c416e39d38ae-aa21086260d3bd4e072d597fe09c2e80.ssl.cf3.rackcdn.com/images/timetables/2018-05/summer-2018-timetables/Northern-19-booklet-0418-20pp-v4.pdf^{[dead link]}

External links[]

Train times and station information for Prestbury railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Macclesfield		Northern Trains Stoke-on-Trent - Manchester Piccadilly (Local stopping service)		Adlington (Cheshire)
Macclesfield				Poynton

Coordinates: 53°17′35″N 2°08′42″W / 53.293°N 2.145°W / 53.293; -2.145

[1] 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.

[2] "National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Prestbury". Nationalrail.co.uk. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.

[3] ttps://be803fe5c416e39d38ae-aa21086260d3bd4e072d597fe09c2e80.ssl.cf3.rackcdn.com/images/timetables/2018-05/summer-2018-timetables/Northern-19-booklet-0418-20pp-v4.pdf^{[dead link]}

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v t Railway stations in Cheshire
West Coast Main Line	Crewe Winsford Hartford Acton Bridge Warrington Bank Quay
Crewe–Manchester line	Crewe Sandbach Holmes Chapel Goostrey Chelford Alderley Edge Wilmslow Handforth
Styal line	Alderley Edge Wilmslow Styal
Crewe–Derby line	Crewe Alsager
Stoke–Manchester line	Congleton Macclesfield Prestbury Adlington Poynton
Buxton line	Disley
Mid-Cheshire line	Ashley Mobberley Knutsford Plumley Lostock Gralam Northwich Greenbank Cuddington Delamere Mouldsworth
CLC Liverpool–Manchester line	Glazebrook Birchwood Padgate Warrington Central Warrington West Sankey Widnes Hough Green
Chester–Warrington line	Chester Helsby Frodsham Runcorn East Warrington Bank Quay
Hooton–Helsby line	Hooton Little Sutton Overpool Ellesmere Port Stanlow and Thornton Ince and Elton Helsby
Chester–Birkenhead line	Chester Bache Capenhurst Hooton
Welsh Marches line	Crewe Nantwich Wrenbury
Borderlands line	Neston
Shrewsbury–Chester line	Chester
Weaver Junction–Liverpool line	Runcorn

Prestbury
Prestbury Station from outside
Location	Prestbury, Cheshire East England
Grid reference	SJ904773
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	PRB
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Opened	24 November 1845
Passengers
2016/17	64,458
2017/18	63,974
2018/19	61,890
2019/20	57,818
2020/21	8,768




Location

Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road