Prestbury railway station

Prestbury
265px Prestbury Station from outside
Location
Place	Prestbury
Local authority	Cheshire East
Grid reference	SJ904773
Operations
Station code	PRB
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	25,062
2005/06	34,868
2006/07	39,182
2007/08	42,429
2008/09	41,252
2009/10	42,338
2010/11	42,060
2011/12	44,814
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Prestbury from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

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

From 14 December 2008 trains operate on an hourly pattern, terminating at Stoke-on-Trent (southbound) or Manchester Piccadilly (northbound). Some early morning/late night services originate/terminate at Macclesfield. A number of services operate through to/from Deansgate.

Trains towards Stoke-on-Trent generally depart Prestbury at xx14 (Monday to Saturday) with an additional evening peak service at 17.44 (Monday to Friday only).

Trains towards Manchester Piccadilly depart Prestbury at xx24 Mondays to Saturdays, however services before 09.00 are significantly different (Monday to Friday) with departures at 06.26, 06.57, 07.21, 07.44, 08.10 and 08.23. The 08.10 train from Macclesfield to Piccadilly is the only service not to call at Adlington, which calls at Prestbury, Poynton, Bramhall, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport and Piccadilly.

Northbound services towards Manchester Piccadilly generally call at Heaton Chapel and Levenshulme whereas most southbound services do not.

There are five services in each direction on Sundays.

On average 3 people use every train which stops at Prestbury.

External links

• Train times and station information for Prestbury railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Macclesfield		Northern Rail Stoke-Manchester		Adlington