Station code ASG DfT category F1 Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference SJ800551 Managed by East Midlands Trains 2011/12 85,412 | |
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Similar Kidsgrove railway station, Sandbach railway station, Longton railway station, Nantwich railway station, Holmes Chapel railway st | ||
Alsager railway station
Alsager railway station serves the town of Alsager in Cheshire, England. It stands next to a level crossing and is approximately 600 yards from the town centre. The station is 6 1⁄2 miles (10.5 km) east of Crewe on the Crewe to 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 Trains (EMT) train operating company (TOC).
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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 then became 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 Railways.
The line through Alsager was electrified in 2003 so that it could be used as a diversionary route between Kidsgrove and Crewe during the West Coast Main Line improvement work.
Services
Since December 2008, Alsager has been served by both East Midlands Trains local services to Derby and the London Midland semi-fast service to London Euston via Stoke and Stafford, giving it a Monday-Saturday daytime frequency of two trains an hour in both directions.
The current off-peak service on Monday-Saturday from the station consists of:
On Sundays there is at least an hourly Crewe - London Euston service for most of the day serving the station and after 14:00 there is an hourly service between Crewe and Derby.