Burnage railway station

Coordinates: 53°25′19″N 2°12′55″W / 53.42194°N 2.21528°W / 53.42194; -2.21528
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Burnage
National Rail
General information
LocationBurnage, Manchester
England
Grid referenceSJ857917
Managed byNorthern Trains
Transit authorityGreater Manchester
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBNA
ClassificationDfT category E
History
Opened1910
Key dates
1958Reconstructed
2007Reconstruction of platforms
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 0.212 million
2019/20Increase 0.213 million
2020/21Decrease 37,962
2021/22Increase 0.135 million
2022/23Increase 0.142 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Burnage railway station serves the suburb of

Manchester Airport and Wilmslow. It caters mainly for commuter traffic, with regular services between Crewe
, Manchester Airport and Manchester Piccadilly.

History

The view northwards towards Manchester London Road in 1965

The station was opened in 1910.

The line was electrified at 25 kV AC overhead in 1959, during the modernisation of the line as part of the wider West Coast Main Line electrification programme.

From May 2018, services operated on a '

Manchester Airport running via Wigan North Western
as part of the December 2019 timetable change.

Facilities

The entrance to Burnage station

The station has the following facilities:[1]

  • A staffed ticket office, open on Monday to Friday (06:30-13:00) and Saturday (07:00-14:00)
  • A ticket machine

Services

Manchester Piccadilly and Crewe. On Sundays, the stopping service runs hourly between Liverpool Lime Street and Wilmslow.[2]

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

References

  1. ^ "National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Burnage". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Timetables and engineering information for travel with Northern". Northern Railway. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2024.

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2014). Crewe to Manchester. Middleton Press. figs. 57-58.
    OCLC 892047119
    .

External links

53°25′19″N 2°12′55″W / 53.42194°N 2.21528°W / 53.42194; -2.21528