Goostrey railway station explained

Goostrey
Symbol Location:	gb
Symbol:	rail
Borough:	Goostrey, Cheshire East
Country:	England
Grid Name:	Grid reference
Manager:	Northern
Platforms:	2
Code:	GTR
Classification:	DfT category F2
Opened:	1 September 1891^[1]
Footnotes:	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Goostrey railway station serves the village of Goostrey in Cheshire, England. The station is located 10½ miles (16 km) north-east of, on the Crewe to Manchester Line.

History

The line was built by the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company and was completed on 10 August 1842. Goostrey station was added by the London & North Western Railway, opening on 1 September 1891.

A photo of a keystone on the platform, at the foot of a mast, showed the MBR coat of arms and an inscription, MBR 1844 G. W. Buck Engineer.^[2] In 1958, it had been removed from the Manchester side of the road bridge at the station, when it was rebuilt to provide clearance for the electric wires; the keystone on the Crewe side showed W. Baker as engineer, but was broken when it was removed.^[3]

Service

Northern Trains provides an hourly service between, and .^[4]

53.223°N -2.326°W

Friends of Goostrey Station

A Friends Group was founded on 1 May 2012.^[5]

External links

Notes and References

Book: Johnson, E.M. . Manchester to Crewe part three: Stockport & Wilmslow. E.M. Johnson . 2022 . 9781399922586 . Burnage . 64.
Web site: Manchester and Birmingham relic. November 1971. Railway Magazine. 613. 2017-01-06.
Web site: Bridge at Goostrey Station. Sep 1958. Railway Magazine. 653. 2017-01-06.
Web site: Timetables and engineering information for travel with Northern . Northern Railway . 10 December 2023 . 23 March 2024 .
Web site: Local Information › Local Organisations :: Goostrey Village. www.goostrey.info. 2017-01-06.