Goostrey railway station

Goostrey railway station serves the village of Goostrey in Cheshire, England. The station is located 10½ miles (16 km) north-east of Crewe, on the Crewe to Manchester Line.

Goostrey
General information
LocationGoostrey, Cheshire East
England
Grid referenceSJ783695
Managed byNorthern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeGTR
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Opened1 September 1891[1]
Passengers
2018/19 42,266
2019/20 44,250
2020/21 6,562
2021/22 24,182
2022/23 32,370
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The line was built by the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company and was completed on 10 August 1842. Goostrey station was added by the London & North Western Railway, opening on 1 September 1891.

A photo of a keystone on the platform, at the foot of a mast, showed the MBR coat of arms and an inscription, MBR 1844 G. W. Buck Engineer.[2] In 1958, it had been removed from the Manchester side of the road bridge at the station, when it was rebuilt to provide clearance for the electric wires; the keystone on the Crewe side showed W. Baker as engineer, but was broken when it was removed.[3]

Service

Northern Trains provides an hourly service between Manchester Piccadilly, Stockport and Crewe.[4]

Preceding station   National Rail   Following station
Northern

53.223°N 2.326°W / 53.223; -2.326

Friends of Goostrey Station

A Friends Group was founded on 1 May 2012.[5]

References
  1. Johnson, E.M. (2022). Manchester to Crewe part three: Stockport & Wilmslow. Burnage: E.M. Johnson. p. 64. ISBN 9781399922586.
  2. "Manchester and Birmingham relic". Railway Magazine. November 1971. p. 613. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  3. "Bridge at Goostrey Station". Railway Magazine. September 1958. p. 653. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  4. "Timetables and engineering information for travel with Northern". Northern Railway. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  5. "Local Information › Local Organisations :: Goostrey Village". www.goostrey.info. Retrieved 6 January 2017.

Further reading
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2014). Crewe to Manchester. Middleton Press. figs. 26-27. ISBN 9781908174574. OCLC 892047119.
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