Hale railway station

Not to be confused with Hayle railway station.

Hale
Hale railway station in 2010
Location
Place	Hale
Local authority	Trafford
Grid reference	SJ769869
Operations
Station code	HAL
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	64,310
2005/06	74,872
2006/07	79,408
2007/08	108,638
2008/09	130,638
2009/10	144,776
2010/11	144,754
2011/12	140,726
2012/13	163,718
2013/14	164,314
2014/15	165,586
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Greater Manchester
National Rail – UK railway stations

* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hale from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Hale railway station serves the area of Hale in the south of Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England. It is located on Ashley Road. It is on the route from Chester to Manchester Piccadilly, the Mid-Cheshire Line, (8miles) south west of Manchester Piccadilly.

History

The station was opened as Peel Causeway 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 became Peel Causeway for Hale on 1 January 1899, and on 1 January 1902 it was renamed Hale. The station was served by passenger trains from Manchester Central to Northwich and Chester Northgate. The CLC remained as an independent entity until the creation of British Railways (BR) on 1 January 1948, when BR took over operation of the station and the line.

Hale railway station in 1988 looking north from the level crossing with the signal box near left.

Services

Monday to Saturday there is generally an hourly service from Hale via Stockport to Manchester Piccadilly eastbound (although some morning peak trains terminate at Stockport), and to Chester westbound.

Sundays see a two-hourly service to Chester and Southport via Manchester Piccadilly and Swinton. This is a significant improvement on the former Sunday provision of five trains each way between Chester and Altrincham only.

References

Griffiths, R.Prys (1978). The Cheshire Lines Railway. The Oakwood Press.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hale railway station.

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Ashley		Northern (Mid-Cheshire Line)		Altrincham

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Oldham	Greenfield

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Salford	Clifton Eccles ( Eccles) Irlam Moorside Patricroft Salford Central Salford Crescent Swinton Walkden

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Tameside	Ashton-under-Lyne ( Ashton) Broadbottom Denton Fairfield Flowery Field Godley Guide Bridge Hattersley Hyde Central Hyde North Mossley Newton for Hyde Stalybridge

Trafford	Altrincham Chassen Road Flixton Hale Humphrey Park Manchester United Navigation Road Trafford Park Urmston

Wigan	Atherton Bryn Gathurst Hag Fold Hindley Ince Orrell Pemberton Wigan North Western Wigan Wallgate ( Wigan)

^† stations on the East Lancashire Railway (heritage) List of open stations List of closed stations TfGM Transport

Coordinates: 53°22′44″N 2°20′51″W / 53.37889°N 2.34750°W / 53.37889; -2.34750

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