Trains to Poynton - Station Details and further Information on Poynton Train Services
Poynton train station serves the village of Poynton in Cheshire, England. The station has listed building status since it was built in the 1800s. It has been adopted by Brookside Garden Centre who maintain the garden. The station is staffed between the hours of 06:30 and 13:00 Monday to Friday, 07:30 and 14:00 on Saturdays and is unstaffed on Sundays.
The station has been subject to regular vandalism. The station's toilets, bike shed and Manchester-bound waiting room are no longer open to the general public. The station is painted in First North Western colours,the colours of the previous train operator which are very similar to and have now been adopted by Northern Rail.
Northern Rail operate an hourly service pattern, now terminating at Stoke on Trent southbound (instead of Macclesfield) or Manchester Piccadilly northbound (instead of Deansgate). Some early morning/late night services originate/terminate at Macclesfield.
Trains towards Stoke on Trent generally depart Poynton at xx08 (Monday to Saturday) with an additional evening peak service at 17.38 (Monday to Friday only). The last two services in an evening terminate at Macclesfield. Trains towards Manchester Piccadilly arrive into Poynton at xx30,and depart at xx:31 Mondays to Saturdays, however services before 09.30 are significantly different (Monday to Friday) with departures at 06.33, 07.04, 07.29, 07.51, 08.15 and 08.30.
Northbound services towards Manchester Piccadilly generally call at Heaton Chapel and Levenshulme whereas Southbound services do not. There are still only three afternoon/evening services in each direction on Sundays, however GMPTE are currently working with Northern Rail to increase this to at least a two hourly service from December 2009. |