Hazel Grove railway station

Railway station in Greater Manchester, England

Hazel Grove

Hazel Grove railway station

General information
Location| Hazel Grove, Stockport
England
Grid reference| SJ919867
Managed by| Northern Trains
Transit authority| Transport for Greater Manchester
Platforms| 2
Other information
Station code| HAZ
Classification| DfT category D
History
Opened| 1857
Passengers
2019/20|  0.730 million
Interchange|  4,465
2020/21|  0.107 million
Interchange|  886
2021/22|  0.360 million
Interchange|  2,468
2022/23|  0.405 million
Interchange|  380
2023/24|  0.441 million
Interchange|  527

Notes

Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Hazel Grove railway station is a junction on both the Stockport to Buxton and Stockport to Sheffield lines, serving the village of Hazel Grove, Greater Manchester, England.

## History

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The station in the 1900s

The station was built for the Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bridge Railway, by the London and North Western Railway, and opened on 9 June 1857. From 1923 until 1948, it was owned by the London Midland and Scottish Railway and, following nationalisation, it was operated by the London Midland Region of British Railways.

There was once another station in the village, Hazel Grove (Midland) station, on the Midland Railway's line from New Mills South Junction to Manchester Central, via Cheadle Heath; this opened in 1902, but it was less conveniently situated and closed in 1917.

The line was extremely expensive to build with extensive earthworks. The navvies were accommodated in specially-built houses near the Rising Sun pub, which still exist and are known as the Navvy Mansions. The line from Edgeley Junction, just south of Stockport, to Hazel Grove was electrified in 1981 on the 25 kV AC overhead system. This allowed electric trains on the route from Altrincham, via Sale, to serve the station until that line was closed for conversion to Manchester Metrolink operation in late 1991; electric services to and from Piccadilly continued thereafter.

The signal box on the Buxton-bound platform remains in use. This controls the junction between the Buxton line and the chord linking it to the route through Disley Tunnel towards Sheffield at the country end of the station; it also controls a pair of carriage sidings at the Stockport end used for stabling trains that terminate here.

The single-track Hazel Grove Chord opened in 1986.[1] This allowed trains to/from Stockport and Manchester Piccadilly to access the former Manchester Central – New Mills South Junction line, just south of Hazel Grove station; this provides a faster route between Manchester and Sheffield than the former route via Romiley and New Mills Central. The chord also enables Sheffield trains to serve Stockport and run to/from Liverpool Lime Street.

### Recent history

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Class 323 units operated the hourly Hazel Grove to Manchester Piccadilly service but, from October 2015 until May 2018, diesel multiple units ran the service as the route was extended to run to Preston and through to Blackpool North,[2] to replace the weekday service from Liverpool Lime Street that is now operated by EMUs.

Electric operation returned at the May 2018 timetable change, with one train per hour to/from Piccadilly worked by Class 319 EMUs. This was part of a major timetable revamp that saw 3 trains to Manchester each hour off-peak on weekdays and Saturdays and 2 each hour to Buxton. Regular running to destinations beyond Manchester ceased temporarily at the May 2018 timetable change.[3] Through running resumed in May 2019, with an hourly Monday-Saturday service running to the now-electrified Blackpool North using Class 331 EMUs. As of December 2022, this service has reverted to terminating at Manchester Piccadilly using Class 323s.

## Facilities

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The station is staffed all week, with its ticket office on platform 1 open 06:05-19:00 weekdays (until 20:00 on Fridays only), 07:00-20:00 Saturdays and 09:00-16:30 Sundays. There are waiting rooms on both platforms, toilets in the main building and a small coffee shop on platform 2. Train running details are provided via automated announcements, timetable posters and digital information screens. Step-free access is available to both platforms via the lifts built into the footbridge linking the platforms.[4]

## Services

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As of December 2022, the station is served on weekdays by two trains per hour northbound to Manchester Piccadilly and one train per hour southbound to Buxton, with one southbound train terminating here. The service terminating here does not run on Sundays. The station is also served by one train per day on the Hope Valley line to Sheffield.[5]

Many regular services operated by East Midlands Railway and TransPennine Express pass through the station but do not stop.

Preceding station  |  |  National Rail |  | Following station

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Chinley

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Hope Valley Line

Limited service

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Stockport

Middlewood

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Buxton line

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Woodsmoor

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* Blackrod
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* Moses Gate
* Westhoughton

Bury|

* Bury Bolton Street †( Bury)
* Ramsbottom †
* Summerseat †

Manchester
(Manchester station group in italics)|

* Ardwick
* Ashburys
* Belle Vue
* Burnage
* Deansgate ( Deansgate-Castlefield)
* East Didsbury
* Gorton
* Levenshulme
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* Manchester Piccadilly
* Manchester Victoria
* Mauldeth Road
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Oldham|

* Greenfield

Rochdale|

* Castleton
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* Clifton
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* Swinton
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Stockport|

* Bramhall
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* Brinnington
* Cheadle Hulme
* Davenport
* Gatley
* Hazel Grove
* Heald Green
* Heaton Chapel
* Marple
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* Romiley
* Rose Hill Marple
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* Strines
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* Ashton-under-Lyne ( Ashton)( Ashton)
* Broadbottom
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* Guide Bridge
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* Hyde North
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Trafford|

* Altrincham
* Chassen Road
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* Hale
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* Manchester United Football Ground
* Navigation Road
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Wigan|

* Atherton
* Bryn
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EMR Intercity|

* London St Pancras International
* Luton Airport Parkway (limited)
* Luton (limited)
* Bedford (limited)
* Wellingborough (limited)
* Kettering
* Corby (limited)
* Oakham (limited)
* Melton Mowbray (limited)
* Market Harborough
* Leicester
* Loughborough
* East Midlands Parkway
* Long Eaton
* Derby
* Belper (limited)
* Chesterfield
* Sheffield
* Beeston
* Nottingham
* Lowdham (limited)
* Fiskerton (limited)
* Newark Castle (limited)
* Collingham (limited)
* Swinderby (limited)
* Hykeham (limited)
* Lincoln (limited)

EMR Connect
Luton Airport Express|

* London St Pancras International
* Luton Airport Parkway
* Luton
* Bedford
* Wellingborough
* Kettering
* Corby

EMR Regional|

| East Midlands|

* Alfreton
* Ambergate
* Ancaster
* Aslockton
* Attenborough
* Bamford (limited)
* Barrow-upon-Soar
* Beeston
* Belper
* Bingham
* Bleasby
* Boston
* Bottesford
* Bulwell
* Burton Joyce
* Carlton
* Chesterfield
* Chinley (limited)
* Collingham
* Creswell
* Cromford
* Derby
* Dronfield (limited)
* Duffield
* East Midlands Parkway
* Edale (limited)
* Elton and Orston
* Fiskerton
* Gainsborough Lea Road
* Grantham
* Grindleford (limited)
* Hathersage (limited)
* Havenhouse
* Heckington
* Hope (limited)
* Hubberts Bridge
* Hucknall
* Hykeham
* Ilkeston
* Kirkby-in-Ashfield
* Langley Mill
* Langwith-Whaley Thorns
* Leicester
* Lincoln
* Long Eaton
* Loughborough
* Lowdham
* Mansfield
* Mansfield Woodhouse
* Market Rasen
* Matlock
* Matlock Bath
* Melton Mowbray (limited)
* Metheringham
* Netherfield
* Newark Castle
* Newark Northgate
* Newstead
* Nottingham
* Oakham (limited)
* Peartree
* Radcliffe
* Rauceby
* Rolleston
* Ruskington
* Saxilby
* Shirebrook
* Sileby
* Skegness
* Sleaford
* Spalding
* Spondon
* Stamford (limited)
* Sutton Parkway
* Swinderby
* Swineshead
* Syston
* Thorpe Culvert
* Thurgarton
* Tutbury and Hatton
* Wainfleet
* Whatstandwell
* Whitwell
* Worksop

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Yorkshire and the Humber|

* Barnetby
* Barrow Haven
* Barton-on-Humber
* Cleethorpes
* Doncaster
* Dore & Totley (limited)
* Goxhill
* Great Coates
* Grimsby Docks
* Grimsby Town
* Habrough
* Healing
* New Clee
* New Holland
* Sheffield
* Stallingborough
* Thornton Abbey
* Ulceby

East of England|

* Attleborough (limited)
* Brandon (limited)
* Eccles Road (limited)
* Ely
* Harling Road (limited)
* March (limited)
* Norwich
* Peterborough
* Thetford
* Whittlesea (limited)
* Wymondham (limited)

West Midlands|

* Blythe Bridge
* Kidsgrove
* Longport
* Longton
* Stoke-on-Trent
* Uttoxeter

North West England|

* Alsager
* Birchwood (limited)
* Crewe
* Hazel Grove (limited)
* Hunts Cross (limited)
* Liverpool Lime Street
* Liverpool South Parkway
* Manchester Oxford Road
* Manchester Piccadilly
* Stockport
* Warrington Central
* Widnes

Rail transport in the United Kingdom

53°22′40″N 2°07′21″W﻿ / ﻿53.3777°N 2.1226°W﻿ / 53.3777; -2.1226

## References

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1. ^ Hazel Grove Chord (looking south) Whatley, Peter, Geograph.org.uk; Retrieved 17 May 2017
2. ^ GB eNRT December 2017 Edition, Table 82
3. ^ "Rail North Committee Meeting – Item 5, Train Service Planning Update, p.2 Transport for the North Committee Meeting minutes, 9 October 2018; Retrieved 1 March 2019
4. ^ Hazel Grove station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 23 February 2017
5. ^ Table 95 National Rail timetable, December 2022

* Radford, B., (1988) Midland Though The Peak Unicorn Books
* Harrison, P., (2006) Striking A Chord With Electric

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hazel Grove railway station.

* Train times and station information for Hazel Grove railway station from National Rail
* Railscot – Hazel Grove

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