Macclesfield railway station
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For historic railway stations in Macclesfield, see Macclesfield railway station (disambiguation).
Macclesfield railway station is a main line station serving the Cheshire market town of Macclesfield. It lies on the Stafford to Manchester branch of the West Coast Main Line in the United Kingdom.
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General information | |
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Location | Macclesfield, Cheshire East England |
Grid reference | SJ919735 |
Managed by | Avanti West Coast |
Line(s) | Stafford-Manchester |
Platforms | 3 |
Other information | |
Station code | MAC |
Classification | DfT category C1 |
History | |
Opened | 1 July 1873[1] |
Electrified | 1967[1] |
Key dates | |
26 August 2022 | Signal Box closed[2] |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 1.709 million |
Interchange | 14,163 |
2019/20 | 1.676 million |
Interchange | 13,437 |
2020/21 | 0.301 million |
Interchange | 1,075 |
2021/22 | 0.996 million |
Interchange | 5,971 |
2022/23 | 1.184 million |
Interchange | 7,693 |
Location | |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
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Facilities at the station include ticket sales, a kiosk, a waiting room and public toilets. Before the bus station was relocated and rebuilt in 2004, the railway and bus stations were sited very close to each other.
It is one of the three stations that provide access to the Middlewood Way, which follows the route of the former Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway.