Heald Green railway station

Heald Green
Location
Place	Heald Green
Local authority	Stockport
Grid reference	SJ847886
Operations
Station code	HDG
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.246 million
2005/06	0.264 million
2006/07	0.279 million
2007/08	0.299 million
2008/09	0.383 million
2009/10	0.380 million
2010/11	0.401 million
2011/12	0.417 million
2012/13	0.481 million
2013/14	0.517 million
2014/15	0.498 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Transport for Greater Manchester
History
1909	Opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Heald Green from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

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

The station is on the Styal Line, opened in 1909 by the London & North Western Railway, between Gatley 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 and TransPennine Express and there are regular services to Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport with some services continuing to Wilmslow and Crewe.

Services

Northern operate two services each hour between Piccadilly and Manchester Airport each weekday (plus rush hour extras) and an hourly service between Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly via Manchester Airport^[2] - and one TPE service serving Heald Green, one between Manchester Airport and Cleethorpes via Stockport and Sheffield; the one between Manchester Airport and Blackpool North via Chorley and Preston formerly run by TPE was transferred to Northern from 1 April 2016.^[3]

On Sundays, there is an hourly service each way, with two-hourly extensions southbound to Alderley Edge.

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 Rail Timetable 21, Manchester to Manchester Airport; 19 May to 7 December 2013 www.northernrail.org; Retrieved 2013-08-20
3. GB eNRT 2015-16 Edition, Tables 29 & 82 (Network Rail)

External links

• Train times and station information for Heald Green railway station from National Rail

Coordinates: 53°22′10″N 2°14′12″W / 53.369568°N 2.236635°W