Prestbury railway station

Railway station serving the village of Prestbury, Cheshire, England

Prestbury

Prestbury Station from outside

General information

Location

Prestbury, Cheshire East
England

Grid reference

SJ904773

Managed by

Northern Trains

Platforms

Other information

Station code

PRB

Classification

DfT category F1

History

Opened

24 November 1845

Passengers

2018/19

61,890

2019/20

57,818

2020/21

8,768

2021/22

32,562

2022/23

40,942

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.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)