Trains to Northwich - Station Details and further Information on Northwich Train Services
Northwich train station serves the town of Northwich in Cheshire, England. The station has two platforms and is staffed in the mornings only. Monday to Saturday there is an hourly service westbound to Chester and eastbound to Manchester (with a couple of peak hour extras to/from Stockport). On Sundays there is now a two-hourly service to Chester and Manchester, with the latter continuing to Bolton and Southport. Through trains to Manchester hadn't previously operated on Sundays since the early 1990s, passenger instead having to change at Altrincham onto the Manchester Metrolink to continue their journeys.
It is on the East to West route from Chester to Manchester Piccadilly, 17 miles east of Chester. There is an internet cafe called Zone on the station open 9am till 5pm. The station is next to the Tesco supermarket and there are pubs and take-aways nearby. There is a free car park. Northwich town centre is half a mile away, and there is a bus stop near the Tesco store. There is also a freight line which runs behind platform 2. This line goes via Middlewich to Sandbach.
The ticket office has limited hours and only ever has one staff member in attendance. There is no PA system or information screens to inform passengers about late running trains. Tickets for destinations between Manchester and Chester can be purchased in "The Zone" cybercafé at Northwich Station between 12:00 and 17:00. The station has serious problems with pigeon infestation on the Manchester bound platform. |