Lostock Gralam railway station

Lostock Gralam
Lostock Gralam railway station (building now demolished).
Location
Place	Lostock Gralam
Local authority	Cheshire West and Chester
Grid reference	SJ690746
Operations
Station code	LTG
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	14,251
2005/06	16,145
2006/07	14,633
2007/08	14,348
2008/09	16,910
2009/10	18,446
2010/11	19,996
2011/12	26,126
2012/13	31,380
2013/14	31,760
National Rail – UK railway stations

* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Lostock Gralam from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Lostock Gralam railway station serves the village of Lostock Gralam in Cheshire, England. The station is on the Mid-Cheshire Line from Chester to Manchester Piccadilly, located 18½ miles (30 km) east of Chester.

History

For many years the station had a run-down appearance and had been downgraded to a request stop. The main station building was demolished on Sunday 8 July 2007.

Facilities

As a result of the Lostock Triangle development, the station is no longer a request stop.^[1] In the summer of 2011, new passenger shelters were constructed on both platforms.^[2] Prior to this, there had been no protection from the weather, for passengers on the Manchester-bound platform.^[3]

Services

Monday to Saturday there is an hourly service westbound to Chester and eastbound to Manchester Piccadilly. There are a couple of extra peak-hour services to and from Stockport. On Sundays, there is now a two-hourly service to Chester and Manchester, with the latter continuing to Wigan Wallgate and Southport.

Prior to the new service, trains to Manchester had not operated on Sundays, since the early 1990s. Passengers had to change at Altrincham onto the Manchester Metrolink to continue their journeys.

References

External links

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Train times and station information for Lostock Gralam railway station from National Rail
Mid-Cheshire Community Rail Partnership

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

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°16′05″N 2°27′54″W / 53.268°N 2.465°W / 53.268; -2.465

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