Adlington railway station (Cheshire)

See also: Adlington railway station (Lancashire)

Adlington (Cheshire) railway station serves the village of Adlington in Cheshire, England.

Adlington (Cheshire)
General information
Location	Adlington, Cheshire, Cheshire East England
Grid reference	SJ911803
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	ADC
Classification	DfT category E
History
Opened	24 November 1845
Passengers
2018/19	31,390
2019/20	27,278
2020/21	5,114
2021/22	17,284
2022/23	18,782
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

It was staffed for many years but is now unstaffed. The station building is privately owned. There is a ticket machine, which passengers must use to obtain a promise to pay or purchase their ticket before boarding the train.

History

Opened by the London and North Western Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Regional Railways until the Privatisation of British Railways.

Passenger volume

Passenger Volume at Adlington (Cheshire)

	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23
Entries and exits	27,278	5,114	17,284	18,782

Service

From 14 December 2008 trains operate on an hourly pattern, terminating at Stoke-on-Trent (southbound) or Manchester Piccadilly (northbound). Some early morning/late night services originate/terminate at Macclesfield.

There are six trains each way on Sundays.

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• Station on navigable O.S. map

External links

• Train times and station information for Adlington railway station (Cheshire) from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Prestbury		Northern Trains Stoke-on-Trent - Manchester Piccadilly (Local stopping service)		Poynton