Goostrey railway station

Goostrey
Goostrey railway station
Location
Place	Goostrey
Local authority	Cheshire East
Grid reference	SJ783695
Operations
Station code	GTR
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	23,489
2005/06	19,876
2006/07	20,766
2007/08	30,394
2008/09	33,778
2009/10	34,280
2010/11	38,380
2011/12	38,092
2012/13	36,672
2013/14	38,264
National Rail – UK railway stations

* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Goostrey from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Goostrey railway station serves the village of Goostrey in Cheshire, England. The station is on the Crewe to Manchester Line 10½ miles (16 km) north east of Crewe.

History

The station was built by the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company as an intermediate station between Manchester and Crewe.

Service

There is generally an hourly service southbound to Crewe and northbound to Manchester Piccadilly via Stockport with a number of services a day to Manchester via Manchester Airport. The December 2008 timetable also saw the introduction of a regular 2-hourly Sunday service to Manchester Piccadilly and Crewe. Services are operated by Northern.

Friends of Goostrey Station

A Friends Group was founded on 1 May 2012.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Goostrey railway station.

Train times and station information for Goostrey railway station from National Rail
Crewe-Manchester Community Rail Partnership
Official website for the Station and the Friends of Goostrey Station Group

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Holmes Chapel		Northern Rail Crewe-Manchester Line		Chelford

Railway stations in Cheshire

West Coast Main Line	Crewe Winsford Hartford Acton Bridge Warrington Bank Quay Runcorn

Crewe to Manchester Line	Crewe Sandbach Holmes Chapel Goostrey Chelford Alderley Edge Wilmslow Handforth

Styal Line	Alderley Edge Wilmslow Styal

Crewe to Derby Line	Crewe Alsager

Stoke to Manchester Line	Congleton Macclesfield Prestbury Adlington Poynton

Buxton Line	Disley

Mid-Cheshire Line	Ashley Mobberley Knutsford Plumley Lostock Gralam Northwich Greenbank Cuddington Delamere Mouldsworth Chester

Manchester to Liverpool Line	Glazebrook Birchwood Padgate Warrington Central West Warrington (proposed) Sankey Widnes Hough Green

Ellesmere Port to Warrington Line	Ellesmere Port Stanlow and Thornton Ince and Elton Helsby Frodsham Runcorn East Warrington Bank Quay

Wirral Line	Chester Bache Capenhurst Hooton Little Sutton Overpool Ellesmere Port

Welsh Marches Line	Crewe Nantwich Wrenbury

Borderlands Line	Neston

Shrewsbury to Chester Line	Chester Lache (proposed)

Coordinates: 53°13′23″N 2°19′34″W / 53.223°N 2.326°W / 53.223; -2.326

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