Goostrey railway station

Goostrey railway station serves the village of Goostrey in Cheshire, England. The station is located 10½ miles (16 km) north-east of Crewe, on the Crewe to Manchester Line.

Goostrey
General information
Location	Goostrey, Cheshire East England
Grid reference	SJ783695
Managed by	Northern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	GTR
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	1 September 1891[1]
Passengers
2019/20	44,250
2020/21	6,562
2021/22	24,182
2022/23	32,370
2023/24	35,984
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The line was built by the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company and was completed on 10 August 1842. Goostrey station was added by the London & North Western Railway, opening on 1 September 1891.

A photo of a keystone on the platform, at the foot of a mast, showed the MBR coat of arms and an inscription, MBR 1844 G. W. Buck Engineer.^[2] In 1958, it had been removed from the Manchester side of the road bridge at the station, when it was rebuilt to provide clearance for the electric wires; the keystone on the Crewe side showed W. Baker as engineer, but was broken when it was removed.^[3]

Service

Northern Trains provides an hourly service between Manchester Piccadilly, Stockport and Crewe.^[4]

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Holmes Chapel		Northern Crewe-Manchester Line		Chelford

53.223°N 2.326°W / 53.223; -2.326

Friends of Goostrey Station

A Friends Group was founded on 1 May 2012.^[5]