Railway station in Greater Manchester, England
Hale railway station
serves the area of
Hale
in the south of
Altrincham
,
Greater Manchester
,
England
; it is also used by people living in the surrounding areas of
Bowdon
and
Hale Barns
. It is a stop on the
Mid-Cheshire line
between
Chester
and
Manchester Piccadilly
. The station is located on Ashley Road.
History
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Hale railway station in 1988, looking north from the level crossing; the signal box is on the left
The station was opened as
Peel Causeway
by the
Cheshire Midland Railway
(CMR) on 12 May 1862, when the railway opened from
Altrincham
to
Knutsford
. The CMR was amalgamated into the
Cheshire Lines Committee
(CLC) on 15 August 1867. The station became
Peel Causeway for Hale
on 1 January 1899 and it was renamed
Hale
on 1 January 1902.
The station was served by passenger trains from
Manchester Central
to
Northwich
and
Chester Northgate
. The CLC remained an independent entity, as a joint
London, Midland & Scottish Railway
and
London & North Eastern Railway
operation after the
Grouping
of 1923, until the creation of
British Railways
(BR). The station then passed on to the
London Midland Region of British Railways
on
nationalisation
on 1 January 1948. When
sectorisation
was introduced in the 1980s, the station was managed by
Regional Railways
under arrangement with the
Greater Manchester PTE
until the
privatisation of British Rail
.
Facilities
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The station has a ticket office on platform 1, which is open on weekday mornings. A ticket vending machine is in place for purchase of tickets outside of these hours and for the collection of pre-paid tickets. Digital station information boards are in operation on both platforms, along with station announcements. Car parking is available on either side of the level crossing.
[1]
A veterinary surgery now occupies most of the station building on platform 1, while there is a health clinic in the platform 2 building. The signal box is no longer in use.
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Services
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A Northern Rail
diesel multiple unit
at Hale railway station in 2010
There is generally an hourly service in each direction on the
Mid-Cheshire line
on Mondays to Saturdays, with two peak extras to/from
Stockport
.
On Sundays, services are two-hourly in each direction.
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References and sources
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Griffiths, R.Prys (1978).
The Cheshire Lines Railway
. The Oakwood Press.
Further reading
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External links
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