Prestbury railway station

Prestbury railway station serves the village of Prestbury, in Cheshire, England. It is a stop on the Stafford-Manchester line, a spur of the West Coast Main Line.

Prestbury
Prestbury station building
General information
Location	Prestbury, Cheshire East England
Grid reference	SJ904773
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	PRB
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Opened	24 November 1845
Passengers
2019/20	57,818
2020/21	8,768
2021/22	32,562
2022/23	40,942
2023/24	58,562
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

Opened by the London and North Western Railway on 24 November 1845, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923.^[1] The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Regional Railways until the privatisation of British Rail.

Facilities

There is a car park and ticket machine at the station. Both platforms have waiting shelters; the southbound platform is only accessible via footbridge.^[2]

Service

Northern Trains operates hourly services in each direction between Stoke-on-Trent, Macclesfield, Stockport and Manchester Piccadilly. There are six trains each way on Sundays.^[3]

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Macclesfield		Northern Trains Stoke-on-Trent - Manchester Piccadilly (Local stopping service)		Adlington (Cheshire)
				Poynton