Greenbank railway station

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Greenbank
Location
Place Hartford
Local authority Vale Royal
Operations
Station code GBK
Managed by Northern
Platforms in use 2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 * 70,276
2005/06 * 73,086
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Greenbank from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Greenbank railway station serves the villages of Greenbank and Hartford in Northwich, Cheshire, England. The station is situated on the A559 road from Northwich to Chester.

[edit] The station today

The train service runs east to west between Manchester Piccadilly and Chester. The Greenbank public house is next to the station and Mid Cheshire College is about 400 metres away. The station buildings are presently used as a Christian Church. There is a free car park. There is a public phone box opposite the station, a row of shops nearby, and a garage opposite the college. Hartford railway station is about 1.25 miles (2 km) away with trains to Liverpool, Runcorn, Winsford, Crewe and Birmingham.

[edit] Services

On Sundays the trains run every three hours and the eastbound service terminates at Altrincham, with a connecting Manchester Metrolink service to Manchester. There is no ticket office, ticket machine, PA system or information screen at the station.

The majority of trains used on the line are Class 142 or Class 150, together with the occasional Class 156.

  Preceding station     National Rail     Following station  
Cuddington   Northern Rail
Mid-Cheshire Line
  Northwich

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Coordinates: 53°15′05″N 2°32′02″W / 53.25139, -2.53389