Plumley railway station
Plumley  | |
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Plumley railway station | |
| Location | |
| Place | Plumley |
| Local authority | Cheshire East |
| Grid reference | SJ721754 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | PLM |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 21,486 |
| 2012/13 |
25,420 |
| 2013/14 |
27,246 |
| 2014/15 |
 26,516 |
| 2015/16 |
26,006 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1 January 1863 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Plumley from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Plumley railway station serves the village of Plumley in Cheshire, England. The station is 20½ miles (33 km) east of Chester on the Mid-Cheshire Line to Manchester Piccadilly.
Facilities
The station is unstaffed and has basic amenities only (waiting shelters, CIS displays and timetable poster boards). A public telephone is also provided to offer train running information. The main building is now privately owned and used as commercial premises. Step-free access is available to both platforms.[1]
Service
Monday to Saturday there is an hourly service westbound to Chester and eastbound to Manchester Piccadilly, with a couple of weekday peak hour extras to/from Stockport. On Sundays there is now a two-hourly service to Chester and to Southport via Manchester and Bolton.[2]
References
- ↑ Plumley station facilities National Rail Enquiries
- ↑ Table 88 National Rail timetable, December 2016
Further reading
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Chester Northgate to Manchester. Middleton Press. figs. 52-54. ISBN 9781908174512. OCLC 892704846.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Plumley railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Plumley railway station from National Rail
- Mid-Cheshire Community Rail Partnership
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Lostock Gralam | Northern Mid-Cheshire Line |
Knutsford | ||
Coordinates: 53°16′30″N 2°25′12″W / 53.275°N 2.420°W