Alsager railway station
Alsager 
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| Location | |
| Place | Alsager |
| Local authority | Cheshire East |
| Coordinates | 53°05′34″N 2°17′53″W / 53.0928°N 2.2981°WCoordinates: 53°05′34″N 2°17′53″W / 53.0928°N 2.2981°W |
| Grid reference | SJ800551 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | ASG |
| Managed by | East Midlands Trains |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 85,412 |
| 2012/13 |
87,974 |
| 2013/14 |
98,046 |
| 2014/15 |
 96,292 |
| 2015/16 |
101,794 |
| History | |
| 9 October 1848 | Opened |
| April 1889 | Renamed Alsager Rode Heath |
| 2 April 1923 | Renamed Alsager |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Alsager from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Alsager railway station serves the town of Alsager in Cheshire, England. It stands next to a level crossing and is approximately 600 yards from the town centre. The station is 6 1⁄2 miles (10.5 km) east of Crewe on the Crewe to Derby Line which is also a Community rail line known as the North Staffordshire line. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Trains (EMT) train operating company (TOC).
The station is unstaffed. The full range of tickets for travel are purchased from the guard on the train at no extra cost.
It was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway company on 9 October 1848 then 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 Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways until the Privatisation of British Railways.
The line through Alsager was electrified in 2003 so that it could be used as a diversionary route between Kidsgrove and Crewe during the West Coast Main Line improvement work.
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