Heaton Chapel railway station

Summary

Heaton Chapel railway station serves the Heaton Chapel and Heaton Moor districts of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It is 4+12 miles (7.2 km) south of Manchester Piccadilly towards Stockport. It opened as Heaton Chapel & Heaton Moor in 1852 by the London & North Western Railway. It was renamed Heaton Chapel by British Rail on 6 May 1974.[1]

Heaton Chapel
National Rail
Heaton Chapel railway station in 2014
General information
LocationHeaton Moor Road, Heaton Chapel
England
Grid referenceSJ881921
Owned byNetwork Rail
Operated byNorthern Trains
Transit authorityTransport for Greater Manchester
Platforms2
Tracks4
Train operatorsNorthern Trains
Other information
Station codeHTC
ClassificationDfT category E
Websitewww.nationalrail.co.uk
History
Opened1852
Electrified1960
Previous namesHeaton Chapel & Heaton Moor
Pre-groupingLNWR
Pre-nationalisationLMS
Passengers
2018/19Increase 0.849 million
2019/20Decrease 0.828 million
2020/21Decrease 0.123 million
2021/22Increase 0.413 million
2022/23Increase 0.480 million
Location
Map
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail & Road

Facilities edit

The station has a ticket office, which is closed at weekends; access to the Manchester-bound platform is only then possible via a ramp from Tatton Road South.[2]

In May 2016, the roof collapsed onto the stairs of the Manchester-bound platform.[3] This resulted in the stairs being closed on both platforms, leaving access only via long ramps to the platforms. The roof has now been repaired and reinstated.

Services edit

On Mondays to Saturdays, Heaton Chapel is typically served by the following Northern Trains services:[4]

On Sundays, the service is reduced to one train per hour towards Buxton and an irregular service towards Manchester Piccadilly.

Preceding station     National Rail   Following station
Northern Trains
Monday to Saturday
Northern Trains

References edit

  1. ^ Slater, J.N., ed. (July 1974). "Stations renamed by LMR". Notes and News. The Railway Magazine. Vol. 120, no. 879. London: IPC Transport Press Ltd. p. 363. ISSN 0033-8923.
  2. ^ "National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Heaton Chapel". Nationalrail.co.uk. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  3. ^ "In pictures: Rotten roof caves in at Heaton Chapel train station in Stockport". Manchester Evening News. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Northern Trains – Timetables". Northern. Retrieved 11 December 2022.

Further reading edit

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2014). Crewe to Manchester. Middleton Press. figs. 96-100. ISBN 9781908174574. OCLC 892047119.

External links edit

  Media related to Heaton Chapel railway station at Wikimedia Commons

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