Heald Green
National Rail
General information
LocationHeald Green, Stockport
England
Grid referenceSJ847886
Managed byNorthern
Transit authorityTransport for Greater Manchester
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeHDG
ClassificationDfT category E
Key dates
1909Opened
Passengers
2018/19Increase 0.513 million
 Interchange Decrease 679
2019/20Decrease 0.482 million
 Interchange Decrease 21
2020/21Decrease 84,318
 Interchange Decrease 3
2021/22Increase 0.265 million
 Interchange Increase 12
2022/23Increase 0.319 million
 Interchange Increase 2,889
Notes
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 on the Styal Line, opened in 1909 by the London & North Western Railway, between Slade Lane Junction (north of Mauldeth Road) and Wilmslow. To the south of the station is Heald Green Junction, a triangular junction for the branch to Manchester Airport.[1]

This two-platform station is used by Northern; there are regular services to Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport, with some services continuing to Wilmslow and Crewe.

Station 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.

Both platforms have waiting shelters with metal seating, with platform one having a station building which includes a small waiting room, ticket office and timetables. Both platforms have electronic departure boards and automated audio announcements. Interchange between platforms requires crossing over the road bridge at the north end of the station.

Services

The basic Monday to Saturday off-peak service comprises three trains per hour southbound to Manchester Airport, of which one continues to Crewe; there are three trains per hour northbound to Manchester Piccadilly, one of which is fast and continues to Blackpool North, and one of which continues to Liverpool Lime Street via Newton-le-Willows.

On Sundays, there is an hourly stopping service between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Airport, which is extended to terminate at Wilmslow and the Manchester Piccadilly to Crewe stopping service does not run. A generally hourly service runs to Blackpool North, with some irregular supplementary services to Barrow-in-Furness and Windermere via Chorley.[2]

Preceding station   National Rail National Rail   Following station
Northern Trains
Styal Line local stopping service
Monday to Saturday
Northern Trains
Northern Trains
Northern Trains

References

  1. ↑ Baker, Stuart K. (October 2010) [1977]. Rail Atlas Great Britain & Ireland (12th ed.). Hersham: Oxford Publishing Co. p. 52, section A1. ISBN 978-0-86093-632-9. 1010/C.
  2. ↑ "Timetables and engineering information for travel with Northern". Northern Railway. May 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2014). Crewe to Manchester. Middleton Press. figs. 48-51. ISBN 9781908174574. OCLC 892047119.
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