Heaton Chapel railway station

Heaton Chapel
Heaton Chapel railway station in 2014
General information
Location	Heaton Moor Road, Heaton Chapel England
Grid reference	SJ881921
Owned by	Network Rail
Operated by	Northern Trains
Transit authority	Transport for Greater Manchester
Platforms	2
Tracks	4
Train operators	Northern Trains
Other information
Station code	HTC
Classification	DfT category E
Website	www.nationalrail.co.uk
History
Opened	1852
Electrified	1960
Previous names	Heaton Chapel & Heaton Moor
Pre-grouping	LNWR
Pre-nationalisation	LMS
Passengers
2019/20	0.828 million
2020/21	0.123 million
2021/22	0.413 million
2022/23	0.480 million
2023/24	0.558 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail & Road

Heaton Chapel railway station serves the Heaton Chapel and Heaton Moor districts of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It is 4+1⁄2 miles (7.2 km) south of Manchester Piccadilly towards Stockport. It opened as Heaton Chapel & Heaton Moor in 1852 by the London & North Western Railway. It was renamed Heaton Chapel by British Rail on 6 May 1974.^[1]

Facilities

The station has a ticket office, which is closed at weekends; access to the Manchester-bound platform is only then possible via a ramp from Tatton Road South.^[2]

In May 2016, the roof collapsed onto the stairs of the Manchester-bound platform.^[3] This resulted in the stairs being closed on both platforms, leaving access only via long ramps to the platforms. The roof has now been repaired and reinstated.

Services

On Mondays to Saturdays, Heaton Chapel is typically served by the following Northern Trains services:^[4]

• 1 train per hour (tph) each way between Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly, on the Crewe-Manchester line
• 1 tph each way between Alderley Edge and Piccadilly, on the Crewe-Manchester line
• 1 tph each way between Buxton and Piccadilly, on the Buxton line
• 1 tph each way between Hazel Grove and Piccadilly, on the Buxton line.

On Sundays, the service is reduced to one train per hour towards Buxton and an irregular service towards Manchester Piccadilly.

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Stockport		Northern Trains Crewe–Manchester line Monday to Saturday		Levenshulme
		Northern Trains Buxton line

References

1. Slater, J.N., ed. (July 1974). "Stations renamed by LMR". Notes and News. The Railway Magazine. Vol. 120, no. 879. London: IPC Transport Press Ltd. p. 363. ISSN 0033-8923.
2. "National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Heaton Chapel". Nationalrail.co.uk. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
3. "In pictures: Rotten roof caves in at Heaton Chapel train station in Stockport". Manchester Evening News. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
4. "Northern Trains – Timetables". Northern. Retrieved 11 December 2022.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2014). Crewe to Manchester. Middleton Press. figs. 96-100. ISBN 9781908174574. OCLC 892047119.

External links

Media related to Heaton Chapel railway station at Wikimedia Commons

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