Alderley Edge railway station
Alderley Edge 
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Southward view from the Crewe-bound platform.
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| Location | |
| Place | Alderley Edge |
| Local authority | Cheshire East |
| Grid reference | SJ843785 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | ALD |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.219 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.220 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.230 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.234 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.258 million |
| History | |
| 11 May 1842 | Station Opens as Alderley |
| April 1853 | Name changes to Alderley and Chorley |
| January 1876 | Name changes to Alderley Edge |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Alderley Edge from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Alderley Edge railway station serves the large village of Alderley Edge in Cheshire, England. The station is 13¾ miles (22 km) south of Manchester Piccadilly on the Crewe to Manchester Line.
Opened by the Manchester and Birmingham Railway, then absorbed by the London and North Western Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railwayson nationalisation in 1948.
When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Regional Railways on behalf of the GMPTE until the Privatisation of British Railways.
The line was electrified in 1960 (as the first stage of the WCML electrification project) - since then, the station has acted as a terminus for some local services from the Manchester direction. Both platforms are bi-directionally signalled to facilitate this and there are turnback sidings provided close to the station to allow empty stock to be stabled clear of the main line.
During off-peak periods on weekdays (and Saturday) before 7pm, there are:
After 7pm, the service drops to hourly each way. A number of services are extended to/from Manchester Oxford Road or on home match days to/from Manchester United Football Ground.
On Sundays there is:
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