Hale railway station
Hale Trafford England | |
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Grid reference | SJ769869 |
Managed by | Northern Trains |
Transit authority | Greater Manchester |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | HAL |
Classification | DfT category E |
History | |
Opened | 1862 |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 0.144 million |
2019/20 | 0.141 million |
2020/21 | 29,880 |
2021/22 | 85,142 |
2022/23 | 95,054 |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Hale railway station serves the area of Hale in the south of Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England; it is also used by people living in the surrounding areas of Bowdon and Hale Barns. It is a stop on the Mid-Cheshire line between Chester and Manchester Piccadilly. The station is located on Ashley Road.
History
The station was opened as Peel Causeway by the Cheshire Midland Railway (CMR) on 12 May 1862, when the railway opened from Altrincham to Knutsford. The CMR was amalgamated into the Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC) on 15 August 1867. The station became Peel Causeway for Hale on 1 January 1899 and it was renamed Hale on 1 January 1902.
The station was served by passenger trains from
Facilities
The station has a ticket office on platform 1, which is open on weekday mornings. A ticket vending machine is in place for purchase of tickets outside of these hours and for the collection of pre-paid tickets. Digital station information boards are in operation on both platforms, along with station announcements. Car parking is available on either side of the level crossing.[1]
A veterinary surgery now occupies most of the station building on platform 1, while there is a health clinic in the platform 2 building. The signal box is no longer in use.[citation needed]
Services
There is generally an hourly service in each direction on the Mid-Cheshire line on Mondays to Saturdays, with two peak extras to/from Stockport.
On Sundays, services are two-hourly in each direction.[2]
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Altrincham | Northern Trains |
References and sources
- ^ "Hale (Manchester) station facilities". National Rail. 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ "Timetables and engineering information for travel with Northern". Northern Railway. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
Griffiths, R.Prys (1978). The Cheshire Lines Railway. The Oakwood Press.
Further reading
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Chester Northgate to Manchester. Middleton Press. figs. 69–73. OCLC 892704846.
External links
- Train times and station information for Hale railway station from National Rail
- Mid-Cheshire Community Rail Partnership
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Ashley | Mid-Cheshire Line )
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Altrincham
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