Holmes Chapel railway station

Holmes Chapel railway station serves the village of Holmes Chapel in Cheshire, England. The station is 8½ miles (14 km) north east of Crewe on the Crewe to Manchester Line.

Holmes Chapel
Holmes Chapel railway station in 2015
Location
PlaceHolmes Chapel
Local authorityCheshire East
Grid referenceSJ766669
Operations
Station codeHCH
Managed byNorthern Trains
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryE
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 0.166 million
2015/16 0.174 million
2016/17 0.200 million
2017/18 0.195 million
2018/19 0.198 million
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Holmes Chapel from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

Facilities

The station has a ticket office on the southbound platform, which is staffed six days a week on a part-time basis (Monday - Friday 06:35 - 13:05, Saturday 07:35 - 13:55). Outside these hours, tickets must be bought in advance or on the train. There are two waiting shelters on the northbound platform and a waiting room in the main building; canopies are also provided for passengers for use when the booking office is closed. Train running information is offered via digital displays, timetable posters and a customer help point on platform 1. Step-free access is available to both platforms.[1]

Services

During the daytime on Monday to Saturday there are two trains per hour to Crewe southbound and two per hour to Manchester Piccadilly northbound (though not at even intervals),. One journey goes via Stockport (calling at all intermediate stations) and the other via Manchester Airport (omits certain stops) and extends to Liverpool Lime Street. There is an hourly service during the evening in each direction via Stockport.[2]

On Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction (via Stockport) to Manchester Piccadilly northbound. Services are operated by Northern Trains.

There is a Book Club in the station waiting room, which features over 300 books.

Up local train approaching Holmes Chapel station in 1951
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gollark: One version of "Satanism" is just atheism but renamed Satanism to annoy religious people.
gollark: Don't worry, someone will inevitably introduce this.
gollark: https://twitter.com/nearcyan/status/1532076277947330561
gollark: You may already have seen this, since I am slightly behind the times on this one.

References
  1. Holmes Chapel station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 5 April 2017
  2. Table 84 National Rail timetable, December 2018

Further reading
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2014). Crewe to Manchester. Middleton Press. figs. 23-25. ISBN 9781908174574. OCLC 892047119.
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