Cheadle railway station (London and North Western Railway)

Cheadle
The station in circa 1905, viewed looking north down Manchester Road from Cheadle High Street.
General information
Location	Cheadle, Stockport, Greater Manchester England
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Key dates
1 August 1866	Opened
1 January 1917	Closed

Cheadle LNW railway station served Cheadle, in Cheshire (now Greater Manchester), England, between 1866 and its closure in 1917.

Opening

A 1903 Railway Clearing House diagram of railways through Cheadle, showing the LNWR station and Cheadle CLC to its north

The London and North Western Railway completed its line from Stockport Edgeley to Northenden in 1866; the station opened on 1 August.

Location

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Location (red dot) within Stockport's historical rail network

The station was located 100 yards (90 m) north of Cheadle High Street, on the western side of the road, at the point where the line crossed over Manchester Road. It was reached by steps leading up to it.

Two platforms were provided: the northern platform handled trains from Warrington to Stockport and the southern side for trains heading west to Warrington and Liverpool.

Services

On the opening of the line and the station in 1866, the LNWR immediately commenced operating a passenger train service from Manchester London Road to Cheadle, via Stockport Edgeley; services continued onwards to Northenden, Broadheath, Warrington Arpley and Liverpool Lime Street.

In December 1895, 20 trains per weekday operated from Manchester via Stockport; seven of these continued on to Broadheath near Altrincham, with two continuing on to Liverpool.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Northenden Line open, station closed		London and North Western Railway Warrington and Stockport Railway		Stockport Edgeley Line and station open

Closure

The service was discontinued on 1 January 1917 and the station was closed that day.

Goods trains operated by LNWR, and London Midland and Scottish Railway from 1923, continued to use the line through the station's site from 1917 until 1948. From that date, the trains were operated by British Railways' London Midland Region until 21 August 1967, though it was renamed Cheadle South from 1 July 1950.

The site today

The line through Cheadle High Level was singled in the early 1970s to facilitate the construction of the M63 motorway (now the M60). From 1992, Mid-Cheshire line passenger trains were diverted to run via Stockport and therefore through Cheadle High Level to allow the Altrincham line services to be transferred to Manchester Metrolink; however, Cheadle High Level station was not reopened.

Proposed new station

Following a campaign by local politicians, Cheadle’s Towns Fund Board submitted an application to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council for a new station for Cheadle on the same site on the Mid-Cheshire line. The station facilities would be built on the car park of the Alexandra Hospital.

In 2022, the UK government committed £9million funding to the project and the station is expected to open in 2025. It will have a single 100m long platform, providing one train per hour along the Mid-Cheshire line between Manchester Piccadilly and Chester, via Stockport and Altrincham.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
	Future Services
Navigation Road		Northern Trains Mid-Cheshire Line		Stockport

References

Bibliography

• Bradshaw (2011), Bradshaw's December 1895 Railway Guide (reprint ed.), Middleton Press, ISBN 978-1-908174-11-6
• Butt, R.V.J. (1995), The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, ISBN 1-85260-508-1
• Fox, Gregory K. (1986), The Railways around Stockport, Foxline Publishing, ISBN 1-870119-00-2