Heald Green railway station

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 the Slade Lane Junction (north of ) and .

To the south of the station is Heald Green Junction, a triangular junction for the branch to which opened in 1993.

Facilities

Heald Green has a ticket office on platform 1. 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, 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 Finney Lane bridge at the north end of the station.

Services

The basic Monday to Saturday off-peak service comprises:

• One train per hour in each direction (1tph) between and
• 1tph between and
• 1tph between Manchester Airport and , via .

On Sundays, there is:

• 1tph between Manchester Airport and Liverpool Lime Street, which is extended to terminate at
• 1tph between Manchester Airport and Blackpool North, with some irregular supplementary services to and , via .

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