Place Styal Station code SYA DfT category F1 Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference SJ840835 Managed by Northern 2011/12 2,790 | |
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Address Wilmslow SK9 4JW, United Kingdom Similar Handforth railway station, Alderley Edge railway st, Wilmslow railway station, Gatley railway station, Knutsford railway station | ||
Styal railway station is near Manchester Airport in Cheshire, England.
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History
The station was opened in 1909 with the construction of the line from Wilmslow to Manchester London Road (now Piccadilly).
It won numerous best-kept station garden awards in the 1940s and 1950s under stationmasters Mott, Hilton and Jackson. The garden is long abandoned but there were plans to uncover and restore some of it in spring 2011.
A petition was created to seek a resumption of a morning commuter service to Manchester and daytime services to serve HMP Styal and National Trust Styal and local residents.
The station is on Station Road 110 m from the edge of the National Trust Quarry Bank Mill/Styal Estate and 600 m from Styal Women's Prison and Young Offenders Institute.
Services
Styal enjoyed a half-hourly service in each direction until the mid-1990s. The construction of the airport rail link in 1993 saw services reduced with only 8 trains per day in each direction on Monday to Saturday. On Sundays there is a two hourly service in each direction.