Styal railway station
Styal  | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Styal |
| Local authority | Cheshire East |
| Grid reference | SJ840835 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SYA |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F1 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 2,790 |
| 2012/13 |
3,660 |
| 2013/14 |
4,226 |
| 2014/15 |
5,668 |
| 2015/16 |
 4,856 |
| History | |
| 1909 | Opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Styal from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Styal railway station is near Manchester Airport in Cheshire, England.
History
The station was opened in 1909 with the construction of the line from Wilmslow to Manchester London Road (now Piccadilly).
It won numerous best-kept station garden awards in the 1940s and 1950s under stationmasters Mott, Hilton and Jackson. The garden is long abandoned but there were plans to uncover and restore some of it in spring 2011.
A petition was created to seek a resumption of a morning commuter service to Manchester and daytime services to serve HMP Styal and National Trust Styal and local residents.
The station is on Station Road 110 m from the edge of the National Trust Quarry Bank Mill/Styal Estate and 600 m from Styal Women's Prison and Young Offenders Institute.
Services
Styal enjoyed a half-hourly service in each direction until the mid-1990s. The construction of the airport rail link in 1993 saw services reduced with only 8 trains per day in each direction on Monday to Saturday. On Sundays there is a two hourly service in each direction.
Further reading
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2014). Crewe to Manchester. Middleton Press. figs. 43-44. ISBN 9781908174574. OCLC 892047119.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Styal railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Styal railway station from National Rail
- Friends of Styal Station website Giving news and history : access to petition
- Crewe-Manchester Community Rail Partnership
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Wilmslow | Northern Manchester Piccadilly - Crewe |
Manchester Airport | ||
| Heald Green | ||||
Coordinates: 53°20′53″N 2°14′24″W / 53.348°N 2.240°W