Prestbury railway station

Prestbury railway station is an unstaffed station which serves the village of Prestbury, Cheshire, England. It was opened on 24 November 1845 by the London & North Western Railway.[1]

Prestbury
Prestbury Station from outside
Location
Place	Prestbury
Local authority	Cheshire East
Grid reference	SJ904773
Operations
Station code	PRB
Managed by	Northern Trains
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	47,148
2015/16	55,602
2016/17	64,458
2017/18	63,974
2018/19	61,890
National Rail – UK railway stations
Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Prestbury from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

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. A number of services previously operated through to/from Deansgate.

Trains towards Stoke-on-Trent generally depart Prestbury at xx14 (Monday to Saturday) with an additional evening peak service at 17:47 to Macclesfield only.

Trains towards Manchester Piccadilly depart Prestbury at xx22 Mondays to Saturdays, however services before 08:00 are significantly different (Monday to Friday) with departures at 06:21, 06:56, 07:24 and 07:53.

Northbound services towards Manchester Piccadilly generally call at Heaton Chapel, whereas most southbound services do not.

There are five services in each direction on Sundays.

Usage

On average 5 people use every train which stops at Prestbury.

References

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. https://be803fe5c416e39d38ae-aa21086260d3bd4e072d597fe09c2e80.ssl.cf3.rackcdn.com/images/timetables/2018-05/summer-2018-timetables/Northern-19-booklet-0418-20pp-v4.pdf

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)
				Poynton