Congleton railway station
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| Congleton | |||
| Location | |||
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| Place | Congleton | ||
| Local authority | Congleton | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | CNG | ||
| Managed by | Northern Rail | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2005/06 * | 129,986 | ||
| History | |||
| Key dates | Opened 9th October 1848 | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Congleton from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Congleton railway station is a main line station serving the Cheshire town of Congleton. It lies on the Manchester to Stoke-on-Trent branch of the West Coast Main Line, in the United Kingdom.
The line from Stoke as far as Congleton was opened October 9, 1848, with Congleton station opening on this day, being owned by the North Staffordshire Railway.
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[edit] Previous service pattern
Since early privatisation, Virgin trains have served the station every two hours during the day on Monday to Saturdays.This was agreed by Virgin Trains in order to prevent increased use of the line by Stopping Services.
Until 2003, Congleton was served on Monday to Friday by around 19 local stopping services which consisted of approximately 11 southbound services (one starting from Macclesfield) and 9 trains northbound (some semi-fast). The number of local services operating on Saturday varied but remained similar to weekday services. 3 trains each way operated on a Sunday.
All these local services were operated by North Western trains, who were latterly known as First North Western Trains.
[edit] Today
Today the station is managed by Northern who now operate 7 trains a day Monday to Friday, 3 southbound (one from Macclesfield only) and 4 northbound (one semi-fast). On Saturdays there are now 2 train southbound (one from Macclesfield only) and 2 trains northbound. On Sundays there are still three trains in each direction.
Additionally Arriva Cross Country operate increased services Monday to Saturday to Stockport, Manchester Piccadilly, Stoke-on-Trent, Birmingham New Street. Brighton, Reading, Guildford and Gatwick Airport. These operate every 2 hours during the day with increased services during the peak hours.
This was a continuation of an agreement to prevent an increase in stopping service between Macclesfield and Stoke-on-trent.
[edit] 2008
It has been announced by the transport secretary that in December 2008 when a new and revamped timetable is launched once the West Coast Main Line upgrade work has been completed, that more train services will be introduced to serve Congleton.
Northern will increase the number of services which call at Congleton by re-introducing the hourly service which was axed in circa 1994. At the same time, more cross-country services to Manchester, Birmingham and beyond will stop during morning and evening peak. However the current two hourly Cross-country services stop during the day will be removed
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| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Kidsgrove | Northern Rail Stafford to Manchester Line Limited Service |
Macclesfield | ||
| Stoke-on-Trent | CrossCountry Cross Country Route |
Macclesfield | ||
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