Ashley railway station

Railway station in Cheshire, England

Ashley

General information
Location| Ashley, Cheshire East
England
Grid reference| SJ773843
Managed by| Northern Trains
Platforms| 2
Other information
Station code| ASY
Classification| DfT category F2
History
Opened| 12 May 1862
Passengers
2016/17|  8,680
2017/18|  8,114
2018/19|  8,030
2019/20|  8,224
2020/21|  1,918
Notes

Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Ashley railway station is in the village of Ashley in Cheshire, England. It is located on the Mid-Cheshire line 17+3⁄4 miles (28.6 km) southwest of Manchester Piccadilly.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Facilities
* 3 Services
* 4 References
* 5 Further reading
* 6 External links

## History[edit]

The station was opened as by the Cheshire Midland Railway (CMR) on 12 May 1862 when the railway opened from Altrincham to Knutsford. The CMR was amalgamated into the Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC) on 15 August 1867. The station was served by passenger trains from Manchester Central to Northwich and Chester Northgate. The CLC remained an independent entity, as a joint London, Midland and Scottish Railway and London and North Eastern Railway operation after the Grouping of 1923, until the creation of British Railways (BR). The station then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation on 1 January 1948. When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways under arrangement with the Greater Manchester PTE until the Privatisation of British Railways.

The station retains many of its original features and buildings, although these have been converted for residential use.

## Facilities[edit]

The station is unstaffed and was, until 12 December 2010, a request stop only. Amenities here are very basic, with just a single waiting shelter on platform 2 and bench seating, timetable posters and a public telephone. Step-free access is available to both platforms.[1] A ticket vending machine is in place for purchase of tickets or promoise to pay coupons and for the collection of pre-paid tickets.

## Services[edit]

There is an hourly service (more at peak times) on weekdays and Saturdays running to Manchester via Stockport, and in the opposite direction to Chester.[2] Trains call every two hours on Sundays, although since 2018 no longer with through running beyond Manchester Piccadilly to Southport via Bolton and Wigan Wallgate.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Ashley station facilities National Rail Enquiries
2. ^ Table 88 National Rail timetable, May 2017

* Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
* Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
* Station on navigable 1946 O. S. map

## Further reading[edit]

* Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Chester Northgate to Manchester. Middleton Press. figs. 64-68. ISBN 9781908174512. OCLC 892704846.

## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ashley railway station.

* Train times and station information for Ashley railway station from National Rail
* Mid-Cheshire Community Rail Partnership

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Coordinates: 53°21′22″N 2°20′28″W﻿ / ﻿53.356°N 2.341°W﻿ / 53.356; -2.341

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