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Place
  
Goostrey

Station code
  
GTR

DfT category
  
F2

Number of platforms
  
2

Grid reference
  
SJ783695

Managed by
  
Northern

2011/12
  
38,092

Local authority
  
Cheshire East

Goostrey railway station

Address
  
Crewe CW4 8PL, United Kingdom

Similar
  
Holmes Chapel railway st, Sandbach railway station, Congleton railway station, Knutsford railway station, Chelford railway station

Goostrey railway station


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

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History

The line was built by the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company and completed on 10th August 1842. Goostrey station was added by the London & North Western Railway Company, opening on 1st September 1891. In a 1971 photo a keystone on the platform at the foot of a mast had the MBR coat of arms and an inscription, 'MBR 1844 G. W. Buck Engineer'. 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.

Service

There is generally an hourly service southbound to Crewe and northbound to Manchester Piccadilly via Stockport with a limited number of services a day to Manchester via Manchester Airport (peak hours only).

The December 2008 timetable also saw the introduction of a regular 2-hourly Sunday service to Manchester Piccadilly and Crewe. Services are operated by Northern.

Friends of Goostrey Station

A Friends Group was founded on 1 May 2012.

References

Goostrey railway station Wikipedia