Heald Green | |
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Location | |
Place | Heald Green |
Local authority | |
Grid reference | SJ847886 |
Operations | |
Station code | HDG |
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 | 0.417 million |
– Interchange | 4,266 |
2012/13 | 0.481 million |
– Interchange | 3,763 |
2013/14 | 0.517 million |
– Interchange | 4,907 |
2014/15 | 0.498 million |
– Interchange | 3,682 |
2015/16 | 0.475 million |
– Interchange | 3,594 |
Passenger Transport Executive | |
PTE | Transport for Greater Manchester |
History | |
1909 | Opened |
National Rail – UK railway stations | |
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Heald Green from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
Heald Green railway station serves the suburb of Heald Green in Stockport, England.
The station is on the Styal Line, opened in 1909 by the London & North Western Railway, between Gatley and Wilmslow. To the south of the station is Heald Green Junction, a triangular junction for the branch to Manchester Airport.
This two-platform station is used by Northern and TransPennine Express and there are regular services to Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport with some services continuing to Wilmslow and Crewe.
Northern operate two services each hour between Piccadilly and Manchester Airport each weekday (plus rush hour extras) and an hourly service between Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly via Manchester Airport - and one TPE service serving Heald Green, one between Manchester Airport and Cleethorpes via and Sheffield; the one between Manchester Airport and Blackpool North via Chorley and Preston formerly run by TPE was transferred to Northern from 1 April 2016.
On Sundays, there is an hourly service each way, with two-hourly extensions southbound to Alderley Edge.