Stalybridge railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Stalybridge
code = SYB


manager = TransPennine Express
locale = Stalybridge
borough = Tameside
start = 1845
platforms = 3
usage0506 = 0.688
usage0607 = 0.699

Stalybridge railway station serves Stalybridge, Greater Manchester. It lies on the Huddersfield Line 12 km (7½ miles) east of Manchester Piccadilly and 13 km (8¼ miles) east of Manchester Victoria. The station is managed by TransPennine Express.

Stalybridge was built by the London and North Western Railway. There was a Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway station adjacent but this was later closed. The main function of the station was as a junction for the Stockport-Stalybridge Line, which allowed passengers from London and the South to transfer to the Huddersfield Line. This role has been lost since it is now possible for passengers to change at Manchester Piccadilly station.

The station has an entrance block with a ticket office. Ramps and a passenger subway lead up to the platforms. The station is one of very few to retain its original buffet, the 1998 refurbishment of which won awards from CAMRA and English Heritage [ [http://www.heritagepubs.org.uk/pubs/national-inventory2.asp Heritage Pubs, National Inventory ] ]

Services

First TransPennine Express: There is generally an hourly service daily westbound to Manchester Piccadilly and onwards to Liverpool Lime Street and eastbound towards Leeds and beyond (usually Scarborough) with extra trains to and from Manchester Piccadilly during peak hours.

Northern Rail: Monday to Saturday daytimes there is a half-hourly service from Stalybridge to Manchester Victoria (with one an hour continuing to Liverpool via Manchester Victoria and Newton-le-Willows) westbound and an hourly local service to Huddersfield eastbound. Evenings there is an hourly service in each direction. Sundays hourly to Manchester Victoria and two-hourly to Huddersfield.

Normal weekday off-peak service consists of:

*xx:03 Northern Rail service to Manchester Victoria calling at:::Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Victoria

*xx:13 terminates here as the ww:48 Northern Rail service from Liverpool Lime Street (normally goes into Platform 3)

*xx:25 is the First TransPennine Express service to Scarborough operated by First TransPennine Express, and calling at:::Huddersfield, Leeds, York, Malton, Seamer and Scarborough

**There are services to Newcastle (0725) and Middlesbrough (1625) daily and a weekly service to Hull (1325 SuO).

*xx:42 Northern Rail slow service to Liverpool Lime Street calling at:::Ashton-under-Lyne railway station, Manchester Victoria, Eccles, Patricroft, Newton-le-Willows, Earlestown, St Helens Junction, Lea Green, Rainhill, Whiston, Huyton, Roby, Broad Green, Wavertree Tech Park, Edge Hill railway station and Liverpool Lime Street

*xx:42 is a Northern Rail slow service to Huddersfield calling at:::Mossley, Greenfield, Marsden, Slaithwaite and Huddersfield

*xx:46 is the First TransPennine Express service to Liverpool Lime Street calling at:::Manchester Piccadilly, Manchester Oxford Road, Birchwood, Warrington Central railway station and Liverpool Lime Street

The Parliamentary Service from Stockport

One train a week still travels along the whole Stockport-Stalybridge Line, in one direction only, with no return service. This is the minimum level of service necessary to avoid taking legal action to close the line to passengers (it is deemed cheaper to run this 'Parliamentary' service than to close the line); the train is the only one to call at Denton and Reddish South. The train runs on Saturday as the 11:28 Stockport to Stalybridge, and is popular with enthusiasts.

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