Holmes Chapel railway station

Holmes Chapel
265px Holmes Chapel railway station in 2015
Location
Place	Holmes Chapel
Local authority	Cheshire East
Grid reference	SJ766669
Operations
Station code	HCH
Managed by	Northern Rail
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	0.102 million
2005/06	93,521
2006/07	76,368
2007/08	0.122 million
2008/09	0.131 million
2009/10	0.122 million
2010/11	0.134 million
2011/12	0.155 million
2012/13	0.161 million
2013/14	0.160 million
2014/15	0.166 million
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Holmes Chapel from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Holmes Chapel railway station serves the village of Holmes Chapel in Cheshire, England. The station is 8½ miles (14 km) north east of Crewe on the Crewe to Manchester Line.

Services

During the daytime on Monday to Saturday there are two trains per hour to Crewe southbound and two per hour to Manchester Piccadilly northbound. One journey goes via Stockport and the other via Manchester Airport. There is an hourly service during the evening in each direction via Stockport.

On Sundays there is a two-hourly service in each direction (via Stockport to Manchester Piccadilly northbound.) Services are operated by Northern Rail.

There is a Book Club in the station waiting room, which features over 300 books.

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Up local train approaching Holmes Chapel station in 1951

External links

• Train times and station information for Holmes Chapel railway station from National Rail
• Times Article of September 15th 2007 on Holmes Chapel Station Book Club
• Crewe-Manchester Community Rail Partnership

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Sandbach		Northern Rail Crewe-Manchester Line		Goostrey
				Alderley Edge