Prestbury railway station

Prestbury
Prestbury
	Prestbury Station from outside
General information
Location	Prestbury, Cheshire East; England
Grid reference	SJ904773
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	PRB
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Opened	24 November 1845
Passengers
2018/19	61,890
2019/20	57,818
2020/21	8,768
2021/22	32,562
2022/23	40,942
Location
Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Prestbury railway station is a station which serves the village of Prestbury, Cheshire, England. It was opened on 24 November 1845 by the London & North Western Railway.^[1]

Facilities edit

There is a car park and ticket machine at the station. The southbound platform is only accessible via footbridge.^[2] Both platforms have waiting shelters. Previously, there was a payphone on platform 2; this was removed in May 2019.

Service pattern edit

From 14 December 2008 trains operate on an hourly pattern, terminating at Stoke-on-Trent (southbound) or Manchester Piccadilly (northbound).^[3] Some early morning, peak and late night services originate/terminate at Macclesfield.

There are five services in each direction on Sundays.

References edit

^ Slater, John, ed. (April 1987). "Dearne Valley Railway". Why and Wherefore?. Railway Magazine. Vol. 133, no. 1032. Sutton, Surrey: Transport Press. p. 264. ISSN 0033-8923.
^ "National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Prestbury". Nationalrail.co.uk. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)