Hartford railway station

This article is about the railway station in Cheshire. For the station in Connecticut, see Union Station (Hartford).
Hartford National Rail
Location
Place Hartford
Local authority Borough of Cheshire West and Chester
Grid reference SJ631717
Operations
Station code HTF
Managed by London Midland
Number of platforms 2
DfT category D
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2005/06 Increase 89,523
2006/07 Increase 0.106 million
2007/08 Increase 0.128 million
2008/09 Increase 0.156 million
2009/10 Increase 0.170 million
2010/11 Increase 0.201 million
2011/12 Increase 0.210 million
2012/13 Increase 0.219 million
2013/14 Increase 0.230 million
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hartford from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Hartford railway station is in the village of Hartford, in Cheshire, England. It is situated on the A559 road approximately two miles (3.2 km) west of the town of Northwich.

History

The station in 1961

Hartford station was built by the Grand Junction Railway (GJR) and opened in September 1837.[1] The GJR became a constituent of the newly formed London and North Western Railway on 16 July 1846,[2] which in turn was absorbed by the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSR) in 1923. The LMSR was nationalised within British Railways on 1 January 1948 and the station and its train services were thereafter operated by the London Midland Region of BR. The station buildings were greatly rationalised at the time of the West Coast electrification in the 1960s.

Facilities

The station is in a cutting with steps down from the car park. There is a ramp for wheelchairs but it is very steep. The station is staffed. There are bus stops and a public phone box on the road. The centre of the village of Hartford is about 0.8 miles (1.3 km) to the east, about 10–15 minutes walk.

Greenbank railway station is about 1 mile (1.6 km) away (nearer to Northwich) on the Mid-Cheshire Line from Chester to Manchester Piccadilly.

The station underwent upgrades in the Spring of 2011. The upgrades included new voice announcements, live arrivals and departure boards and electronic systems.

Network Rail delivered more improvements to the station in the summer of 2014. These improvements ranged from replacing the station roof, resurfaced platforms and a new station footbridge.

Services

The station is served by trains to/from Stafford, Crewe, Birmingham New Street and Liverpool Lime Street. In the current (May 2013) timetable, one train per hour each way calls throughout the week (including Sundays).[3]

References

Notes
  1. ↑ Butt 1995, p. 114
  2. ↑ Awdry 1990, p. 78
  3. ↑ GB National Rail Timetable May 2013, Table 65
Bibliography
  • Awdry, Christopher (1990), Encyclopedia of British Railway Companies, Guild Publishing CN8983 
  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995), The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens, ISBN 1-85260-508-1 

External links

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Preceding station National Rail Following station
Winsford or Crewe   London Midland
West Coast Main Line		   Acton Bridge or Runcorn
Historical railways
Winsford   London and North Western Railway
Grand Junction Railway		   Acton Bridge

Coordinates: 53°14′31″N 2°33′14″W / 53.242°N 2.554°W / 53.242; -2.554

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