Handforth railway station

Handforth
Along the southbound platform in 2015
Location
Place	Handforth
Local authority	Cheshire East
Grid reference	SJ858833
Operations
Station code	HTH
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.109 million
2005/06	0.129 million
2006/07	0.104 million
2007/08	0.156 million
2008/09	0.190 million
2009/10	0.200 million
2010/11	0.215 million
2011/12	0.237 million
2012/13	0.241 million
National Rail – UK railway stations

* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Handforth from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Handforth railway station is in the village of Handforth in Cheshire, England. Opened in 1842, it is on the Crewe to Manchester Line.

History

The station opened on 10 May 1842. The northbound ("down") platform was approximately 82 yards (75 m) north of its current location. Since opening, the station has served commuters to Manchester. Since electrification of the line in 1960, trains through the station have been mainly electric multiple units (EMU).

Services

From Monday to Saturday in the day, Handforth is served by two EMU services per hour in each direction, one between Alderley Edge and Manchester and the other between Crewe and Manchester. This becomes an hourly service in the evening from Crewe to Manchester.

On Sundays there is an hourly service to both Manchester and Alderley Edge, with every second service to the latter continuing to Crewe.

Friends of Handforth Station

Various nameboards on the southbound platform

The Friends of Handforth Station, formed in 1996, are an active station adoption group who have carried out a number of projects at the station, including a station garden, sculptures, poetry and signs from railway operators in other countries.

The group works towards securing easier platform access for disabled passengers and those with prams, bikes etc.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Handforth railway station.

Train times and station information for Handforth railway station from National Rail
21 November 2007 Wilmslow Express article on Friends of Handforth Station
Crewe-Manchester Community Rail Partnership
Friends of Handforth Station

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Wilmslow		Northern Rail Crewe-Manchester Line		Cheadle Hulme

Railway stations in Cheshire

West Coast Main Line	Crewe Winsford Hartford Acton Bridge Warrington Bank Quay Runcorn

Crewe to Manchester Line	Crewe Sandbach Holmes Chapel Goostrey Chelford Alderley Edge Wilmslow Handforth

Styal Line	Alderley Edge Wilmslow Styal

Crewe to Derby Line	Crewe Alsager

Stoke to Manchester Line	Congleton Macclesfield Prestbury Adlington Poynton

Buxton Line	Disley

Mid-Cheshire Line	Ashley Mobberley Knutsford Plumley Lostock Gralam Northwich Greenbank Cuddington Delamere Mouldsworth Chester

Manchester to Liverpool Line	Glazebrook Birchwood Padgate Warrington Central West Warrington (proposed) Sankey Widnes Hough Green

Ellesmere Port to Warrington Line	Ellesmere Port Stanlow and Thornton Ince and Elton Helsby Frodsham Runcorn East Warrington Bank Quay

Wirral Line	Chester Bache Capenhurst Hooton Little Sutton Overpool Ellesmere Port

Welsh Marches Line	Crewe Nantwich Wrenbury

Borderlands Line	Neston

Shrewsbury to Chester Line	Chester Lache (proposed)

Coordinates: 53°20′46″N 2°12′47″W / 53.346°N 2.213°W / 53.346; -2.213

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