Alsager railway station

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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.

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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

It 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

Services 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:

On Sundays, there is an hourly service between Crewe and Stafford. Hourly Sunday services operate between Crewe and Derby after 14:00 only.

Alsager
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Alsager railway station in 2015
General information
Location Alsager, Cheshire East
England
Coordinates 53°05′34″N2°17′53″W / 53.0928°N 2.2981°W / 53.0928; -2.2981
Grid reference SJ800551
Managed by East Midlands Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeASG
Classification DfT category F1
Key dates
9 October 1848Opened [1]
April 1889Renamed Alsager Rode Heath [1]
2 April 1923Renamed Alsager [1]
2 November 1964Closed to goods [2]
1985Signal box demolished [3]
Passengers
2019/20Increase2.svg 128,254
Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
Kidsgrove   East Midlands Railway
  Crewe
  London Northwestern Railway
 

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References

Notes
  1. 1 2 3 Quick 2009, p. 58.
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ "Glancing Back… in photos". Congleton Chronicle . 23 May 2024. p. 16.
  4. ↑ "Timetable | Crewe to Stafford via Stoke-on-Trent | 10 December 2023 to 1 June 2024". London Northwestern Railway. 10 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "EMR Regional Train Timetable | Crewe - Newark Castle". East Midlands Railway.
Sources
  1. ↑ https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/media/3150/download?inline
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