Northwich railway station

Northwich
Northwich railway station
Location
Place	Northwich
Local authority	Cheshire West and Chester
Operations
Station code	NWI
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2005/06 *	135,542
2006/07 *	140,882
2007/08 *	154,907
2008/09 *	158,144
2009/10 *	153,606
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Northwich from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Northwich railway station serves the town of Northwich in Cheshire, England. The station has two platforms and is located on the Mid-Cheshire Line.

Services

Monday to Saturday there is an hourly service westbound to Chester and eastbound to Manchester Piccadilly(with a couple of peak hour extras to/from Stockport). On Sundays there is now a two-hourly service to Chester and Manchester, with the latter continuing to Bolton and Southport. Through trains to Manchester hadn't previously operated on Sundays since the early 1990s, passenger instead having to change at Altrincham onto the Manchester Metrolink to continue their journeys to Manchester.

There is also a freight line which runs behind platform 2, which runs to Sandbach via Middlewich.

Route

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Greenbank		Northern Rail Mid-Cheshire Line		Lostock Gralam

External links

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

Coordinates: 53°15′40″N 2°29′49″W / 53.261°N 2.497°W / 53.261; -2.497