Trains to Stalybridge - Station Details and further Information on Stalybridge Train Services
Stalybridge train station serves Stalybridge, Greater Manchester. It lies on the Huddersfield Line 7½ miles east of Manchester Piccadilly and 8¼ miles east of Manchester Victoria. The station is managed by TransPennine Express.
Stalybridge was built by the London and North Western Railway. There was a Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway station adjacent but this was later closed. The main function of the station was as a junction for the Stockport-Stalybridge Line, which allowed passengers from London and the South to transfer to the Huddersfield Line. This role has been lost since it is now possible for passengers to change at Manchester Piccadilly station. The Micklehurst Loop also diverged from the original 1849 Huddersfield & Manchester main line here - it was closed in 1966, but the disused tunnel it used to pass below the town's northern suburbs can be seen alongside the original one that is still used today by trains heading to and from Yorkshire.
The station has an entrance block with a ticket office. Ramps and a passenger subway lead up to the platforms. The station is one of very few to retain its original buffet, the 1998 refurbishment of which won awards from CAMRA and English Heritage. At the 2008 Tameside food and drink festival it was voted best bar.
Services are operated by First Transpennine Express and Northern Rail;
First TransPennine Express: There is generally an hourly service daily westbound to Manchester Piccadilly and onwards to Liverpool Lime Street and eastbound towards Leeds and beyond (usually Scarborough) with extra trains to and from Manchester Piccadilly during peak hours.
Northern Rail: Monday to Saturday daytimes there is a half-hourly service from Stalybridge to Manchester Victoria (with one an hour continuing to Liverpool via Manchester Victoria and Newton-le-Willows) westbound and an hourly local service to Huddersfield eastbound. Evenings and Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction. |