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Heald Green railway station

{{Short description|Railway station in Greater Manchester, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2015}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Heald Green

| symbol_location = gb

| symbol = rail

| image = Heald Green Railway Station.jpg

| caption = Looking south

| address =

| borough = Heald Green, Stockport

| country = England

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SJ847886|25|SJ847886}}

| manager = Northern Trains

| platforms = 2

| code = HDG

| classification = DfT category E

| transit_authority = Transport for Greater Manchester

| years = 1909

| events = Opened

| mpassengers = {{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.482 million |interchange={{pad|1em}}{{decrease}} 21}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 84,318 |interchange={{pad|1em}}{{decrease}} 3}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 0.265 million |interchange={{pad|1em}}{{increase}} 12}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 0.319 million |interchange={{pad|1em}}{{increase}} 2,889}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 0.358 million |interchange={{pad|1em}}{{increase}} 3,365}}

| mapframe =

| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

}}

Heald Green railway station serves the suburb of Heald Green in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. The station is a stop on the Styal line.

History

The Styal line opened in 1909 by the London & North Western Railway, between Slade Lane Junction (north of {{stnlnk|Mauldeth Road}}) and {{stnlnk|Wilmslow}}.

To the south of the station is Heald Green Junction, a triangular junction for the branch to {{stn|Manchester Airport}} which opened in 1993.{{cite book |last=Baker |first=Stuart K. |title=Rail Atlas Great Britain & Ireland |edition=12th |date=October 2010 |orig-year=1977 |publisher=Oxford Publishing Co |location=Hersham |isbn=978-0-86093-632-9 |id=1010/C |at=p. 52, section A1 }}

Facilities

Heald Green has a ticket office on platform 1, which is open Monday-Saturday 06:15-19:30. Ticket vending machines are in place on both platforms for purchase of tickets or promise to pay coupons, for when the ticket office is closed and for the collection of pre-paid tickets.{{Cite web |title=Heald Green (HDG) |work=National Rail |access-date=10 January 2025 |url= https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/heald-green/ |quote=}}

Both platforms have waiting shelters with metal seating, electronic departure boards and automated audio announcements. Platform one has a station building which includes a small waiting room, ticket office and timetables. There is a small car park, with 14 spaces. Platform 1 is accessed from the car park and platform 2 is accessed via a long ramp; interchange between them requires crossing over the road bridge at the north end of the station.{{Cite web |title=Heald Green |work=Northern Trains |access-date=10 January 2025 |url= https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/stations/heald-green}}

Services

The basic Monday to Saturday off-peak service comprises:{{Cite web |title=Timetables and engineering information for travel with Northern |work=Northern Railway |date=15 December 2024 |access-date=10 January 2025 |url= https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/travel/timetables |quote=}}

  • One train per hour in each direction (1tph) between {{stn|Manchester Piccadilly}} and {{rws|Crewe}}
  • 1tph between {{stn|Manchester Airport}} and {{rws|Blackpool North}}
  • 1tph between Manchester Airport and {{rws|Liverpool Lime Street}}, via {{rws|Newton-le-Willows}}.

On Sundays, there is:

  • 1tph between Manchester Airport and Liverpool Lime Street, which is extended to terminate at {{rws|Wilmslow}}
  • 1tph between Manchester Airport and Blackpool North, with some irregular supplementary services to {{rws|Barrow-in-Furness}} and {{rws|Windermere}}, via {{rws|Chorley}}.

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{{s-rail|title=National Rail}}

{{s-rail-national|previous=Manchester Airport|next=Gatley|toc=Northern Trains|route=Styal line|rows1=4|rows2=2}}

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References

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Further reading

  • {{cite book |title=Crewe to Manchester |first1=Vic |last1=Mitchell |first2=Keith |last2=Smith | at=figs. 48-51 |publisher=Middleton Press |year=2014 |isbn=9781908174574 |oclc=892047119}}

External links

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{{Greater Manchester railway stations}}

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Category:Railway stations in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport

Category:DfT Category E stations

Category:Former London and North Western Railway stations

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1909

Category:Railway stations served by Northern

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