Heald Green railway station serves the suburb of Heald Green in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. The station is a stop on the Styal line.
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Heald Green, Stockport England | ||||
| Grid reference | SJ847886 | ||||
| Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
| Transit authority | Transport for Greater Manchester | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | HDG | ||||
| Classification | DfT category E | ||||
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| 1909 | Opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  0.482 million | ||||
| Interchange | 21 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 84,318 | ||||
| Interchange | 3 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.265 million | ||||
| Interchange | 12 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.319 million | ||||
| Interchange | 2,889 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.358 million | ||||
| Interchange | 3,365 | ||||
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History
editThe Styal line opened in 1909 by the London & North Western Railway, between Slade Lane Junction (north of Mauldeth Road) and Wilmslow.
To the south of the station is Heald Green Junction, a triangular junction for the branch to Manchester Airport which opened in 1993.[1]
Facilities
editHeald Green has a ticket office on platform 1, which is open Monday-Saturday 06:15-19:30. Ticket vending machines are in place on both platforms for purchase of tickets or promise to pay coupons, for when the ticket office is closed and for the collection of pre-paid tickets.[2]
Both platforms have waiting shelters with metal seating, electronic departure boards and automated audio announcements. Platform one has a station building which includes a small waiting room, ticket office and timetables. There is a small car park, with 14 spaces.[2] Platform 1 is accessed from the car park and platform 2 is accessed via a long ramp; interchange between them requires crossing over the road bridge at the north end of the station.[3]
Services
editThe basic Monday to Saturday off-peak service comprises:[4]
- One train per hour in each direction (1tph) between Manchester Piccadilly and Crewe
- 1tph between Manchester Airport and Blackpool North
- 1tph between Manchester Airport and Liverpool Lime Street, via Newton-le-Willows.
On Sundays, there is:[4]
- 1tph between Manchester Airport and Liverpool Lime Street, which is extended to terminate at Wilmslow
- 1tph between Manchester Airport and Blackpool North, with some irregular supplementary services to Barrow-in-Furness and Windermere, via Chorley.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Northern Trains |
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Heald Green (HDG)". National Rail. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
- ^ "Heald Green". Northern Trains. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
- ^ a b "Timetables and engineering information for travel with Northern". Northern Railway. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
Further reading
edit- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2014). Crewe to Manchester. Middleton Press. figs. 48-51. ISBN 9781908174574. OCLC 892047119.
External links
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- Train times and station information for Heald Green railway station from National Rail
53°22′10″N 2°14′12″W / 53.369568°N 2.236635°W
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