Prestbury railway station


Prestbury railway station is an unstaffed station which serves the village of Prestbury, Cheshire, England. It was opened on 24 November 1845 by the London & North Western Railway.

Facilities

There is a car park and ticket machine at the station. The southbound platform is only accessible via footbridge. Both platforms have waiting shelters. Previously, there was a payphone on platform 2; this was removed in May 2019.

Service pattern

From 14 December 2008 trains operate on an hourly pattern, terminating at Stoke-on-Trent or Manchester Piccadilly. Some early morning, peak and late night services originate/terminate at Macclesfield. A number of services previously operated through to/from.
Trains towards Stoke-on-Trent generally depart Prestbury at xx14 with an additional evening peak service at 17:47 to Macclesfield only.
Trains towards Manchester Piccadilly depart Prestbury at xx22 Mondays to Saturdays, however services before 08:00 are significantly different with departures at 06:21, 06:56, 07:24 and 07:53.
Northbound services towards Manchester Piccadilly generally call at Heaton Chapel, whereas most southbound services do not.
There are five services in each direction on Sundays.

Usage

On average 5 people use every train which stops at Prestbury.