Prestbury railway station explained

Prestbury
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Prestbury, Cheshire East
Country:England
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:Northern Trains
Platforms:2
Code:PRB
Classification:DfT category F1
Opened:24 November 1845
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:13

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

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.

There are five services in each direction on Sundays.

External links

53.293°N -2.145°W

Notes and References

  1. Dearne Valley Railway . Why and Wherefore? . Railway Magazine. April 1987. 133. 1032. 264. Transport Press . Sutton, Surrey. 0033-8923 . John . Slater .
  2. Web site: National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Prestbury . Nationalrail.co.uk . 2018-11-24 . 2018-11-28.
  3. Web site: Archived copy . 17 September 2018 . 17 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180917182112/https://be803fe5c416e39d38ae-aa21086260d3bd4e072d597fe09c2e80.ssl.cf3.rackcdn.com/images/timetables/2018-05/summer-2018-timetables/Northern-19-booklet-0418-20pp-v4.pdf . dead .