Heaton Chapel railway station

Heaton Chapel railway station serves the Heaton Chapel and Heaton Moor districts of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England.

Heaton Chapel
LocationHeaton Chapel, Stockport
England
Grid referenceSJ881921
Managed byNorthern Trains
Transit authorityTransport for Greater Manchester
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeHTC
ClassificationDfT category E
Passengers
2015/16 0.757 million
2016/17 0.837 million
2017/18 0.835 million
2018/19 0.849 million
2019/20 0.828 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The station is 4 1⁄2 miles (7.2 km) south of Manchester Piccadilly towards Stockport.

It was opened as Heaton Chapel & Heaton Moor in 1852 by LNWR [1846 to 1922], then run by LMS until 1948, when British Railways was formed. The station was renamed Heaton Chapel on 6 May 1974.[1]

Service

Since May 2018, the number of trains per hour going towards Manchester Piccadilly has been reduced from a maximum of five down to three. Those trains all run within a 20-minute slot, leaving over 40 minutes each hour with no service.

There are now up to four, rather than the previous five trains, each hour from Manchester Piccadilly to Heaton Chapel.[2] These run to either Alderley Edge and Crewe or towards Hazel Grove and Buxton.

During the evening, there are two trains per hour to Manchester and hourly trains to Crewe and Buxton.

On Sundays, the service to Buxton is hourly, but the service to Manchester Piccadilly is irregular with gaps of up to 3 hours during the afternoon.

The station has a ticket office, which is closed at weekends. When this is closed, access to the Manchester-bound platform is only possible via a ramp from Tatton Road North.[3]

In May 2016, the roof collapsed onto the stairs of the Manchester-bound platform.[4] 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.

Preceding station   National Rail   Following station
Northern Trains
Crewe-Manchester Line
Northern Trains
Stafford-Manchester Line
Northern Trains
Northern Trains
Mid-Cheshire Line

References
  1. Slater, J.N., ed. (July 1974). "Stations renamed by LMR". Notes and News. Railway Magazine. Vol. 120 no. 879. London: IPC Transport Press Ltd. p. 363. ISSN 0033-8923.
  2. Table 84 & 86 National Rail timetable, December 2018
  3. "National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Heaton Chapel". Nationalrail.co.uk. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  4. "In pictures: Rotten roof caves in at Heaton Chapel train station in Stockport". Manchester Evening News. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.

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

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