Alsager railway station serves the town of Alsager in Cheshire, England. It stands next to a level crossing and is approximately 600 yards from the town centre. The station is 6+1⁄2 miles (10.5 km) east of Crewe on the Crewe–Derby line which is also a Community rail line known as the North Staffordshire line. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway.
Alsager  | |||||
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.jpg) Alsager railway station in 2015 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Alsager, Cheshire East England | ||||
| Coordinates | 53°05′34″N 2°17′53″W / 53.0928°N 2.2981°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SJ800551 | ||||
| Managed by | East Midlands Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | ASG | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F1 | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 9 October 1848 | Opened[1] | ||||
| April 1889 | Renamed Alsager Rode Heath[1] | ||||
| 2 April 1923 | Renamed Alsager[1] | ||||
| 2 November 1964 | Closed to goods[2] | ||||
| 1985 | Signal box demolished[3] | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  128,254 | ||||
| 2020/21 |  27,572 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 77,184 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 94,662 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 101,420 | ||||
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The station is unstaffed. The full range of tickets for travel are purchased from the guard on the train at no extra cost.
History
editIt was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway company on 9 October 1848; later becoming 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 in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways until the privatisation of British Rail.
The line through Alsager was electrified in 2003, so that it could be used as a diversionary route between Kidsgrove and Crewe during West Coast Main Line improvement work.
Services
editServices at Alsager are operated by East Midlands Railway using Class 170 DMUs and by London Northwestern Railway using Class 350 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is as follows:
- 1 tph to Stafford[4]
- 1 tph to Newark Castle via Derby and ‹See TfM›Nottingham[5]
- 2 tph to Crewe only
On Sundays, there is an hourly service between Crewe and Stafford. Hourly Sunday services operate between Crewe and Derby after 14:00 only.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Kidsgrove | East Midlands Railway |
Crewe | ||
| London Northwestern Railway |
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References
edit- Notes
- ^ a b c Quick 2009, p. 58.
- ^ Hartless, Adrian (April 2019). "1.Leek-Stoke-Crewe". Lines North of Stoke to Crewe, Congleton and Leek. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 9781910356296.
XVIII.The goods station west of the passenger station, closed from 2 November 1964
- ^ "Glancing Back… in photos". Congleton Chronicle. 23 May 2024. p. 16.
- ^ "Timetable | Crewe to Stafford via Stoke-on-Trent | 10 December 2023 to 1 June 2024". London Northwestern Railway. 10 December 2023.
- ^ "EMR Regional Train Timetable | Crewe - Newark Castle". East Midlands Railway.
- Sources
- Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
- 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
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- Train times and station information for Alsager railway station from National Rail
- Pictures of the station during diversions