Disley railway station

Disley
Disley railway station in 1989
Location
Place	Disley
Local authority	Cheshire East
Grid reference	SJ972845
Operations
Station code	DSL
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2011/12	0.135 million
2012/13	0.176 million
2013/14	0.168 million
2014/15	0.170 million
2015/16	0.187 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 Disley from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Disley railway station serves the village of Disley in Cheshire, England. It is 12 ¹⁄₃ miles (19.8 km) south east of Manchester Piccadilly on the Manchester to Buxton line, built by the Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bridge Railway. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern.

Facilities

The station has a manned ticket office, though this is only open during morning peak periods (07:10-10:10). At other times, tickets must be bought on the train or prior to travel. Train running information is available via telephone, automated announcements and CIS displays, though waiting facilities are limited to shelters on each side (other buildings, including the former station house and signal box having been demolished). Step-free access to both platforms is available via ramps and sloping paths from Buxton Road West.^[1]

Service

There is a generally an hourly service each day to Manchester Piccadilly northbound and to Buxton southbound, with additional services at peak periods. A limited number of trains are extended beyond Manchester Piccadilly in the early morning and evening peak periods - these run to a number of destinations, including Clitheroe, Kirkby, Wigan North Western, Blackpool North and Barrow-in-Furness. The Sunday service here is also hourly each way from mid-morning.^[2]

References

↑ Disley station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 17 May 2017
↑ Table May 2017 National Rail timetable,

External links

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Train times and station information for Disley railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
New Mills Newtown		Northern Buxton Line		Middlewood

Railway stations in Cheshire
West Coast Main Line	Crewe Winsford Hartford Acton Bridge Warrington Bank Quay Runcorn
Crewe–Manchester line	Crewe Sandbach Holmes Chapel Goostrey Chelford Alderley Edge Wilmslow Handforth
Styal line	Alderley Edge Wilmslow Styal
Crewe–Derby line	Crewe Alsager
Stoke–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
Liverpool–Manchester lines	Glazebrook Birchwood Padgate Warrington Central West Warrington (proposed) Sankey Widnes Hough Green
Ellesmere Port–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–Chester line	Chester

Coordinates: 53°21′29″N 2°02′31″W / 53.358°N 2.042°W / 53.358; -2.042

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