Mobberley railway station

Mobberley

Location
Place	Mobberley
Local authority	Cheshire East
Grid reference	SJ778814
Operations
Station code	MOB
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	9,866
2005/06	10,787
2006/07	13,010
2007/08	13,473
2008/09	14,544
2009/10	14,746
2010/11	17,150
2011/12	17,406
2012/13	18,820
2013/14	19,218
National Rail – UK railway stations

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

History

Mobberley railway station in 1990

The station was opened on 12 May 1862 by the Cheshire Midland Railway which was absorbed by the Cheshire Lines Committee on 15 August 1867.

Services

There is an hourly service westbound to Chester and eastbound to Manchester Piccadilly Monday to Saturday. On Sundays there is now a two-hourly service to Chester and to Southport via Manchester Picadilly. Mobberley was, until 12 December 2010, a request stop only.

The number of passengers using the station rose by 20% between 2005–06 and 2006-07.^[1]

References

↑ http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/upload/xls/station-usage-2006-07.xls

External links

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Knutsford		Northern Rail Mid-Cheshire Line		Ashley

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°19′48″N 2°19′59″W / 53.330°N 2.333°W / 53.330; -2.333

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