Alderley Edge train station
You can reach 33 stations directly from Alderley Edge on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Manchester Piccadilly, with 94 trains a day.
- 33 direct destinations
- 1,267th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 30 parking spaces
- 6 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Alderley Edge
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester Piccadilly | 94 | 97 | 19 |
| Wilmslow | 94 | 97 | 19 |
| Stockport | 66 | 69 | 18 |
| Crewe | 63 | 67 | 19 |
| Cheadle Hulme | 64 | 66 | 17 |
| Heaton Chapel | 64 | 66 | 2 |
| Handforth | 64 | 66 | 17 |
| Levenshulme | 64 | 66 | 1 |
| Holmes Chapel | 61 | 64 | 16 |
| Sandbach | 61 | 64 | 17 |
| Chelford | 33 | 36 | 16 |
| Goostrey | 33 | 36 | 16 |
| Burnage | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| East Didsbury | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| Gatley | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| Heald Green | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| Mauldeth Road | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| Manchester Airport | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| Styal | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| Abergavenny | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Cardiff Central | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Craven Arms | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Church Stretton | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Cwmbran | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Hereford | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Leominster | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Ludlow | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Nantwich | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Newport | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Shrewsbury | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Whitchurch | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Bridgend | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Clarbeston Road | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Carmarthen | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Clunderwen | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ferryside | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gowerton | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Haverfordwest | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Johnston | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kidwelly | 0 | 1 | 0 |
and 9 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Alderley Edge
Alderley Edge is on the Crewe to Manchester Line and the Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly Line, each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
How busy Alderley Edge station is
244,220 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,267th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Alderley Edge and Manchester Piccadilly than any other pair: 74,802 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 12 stations instead of 33, a drop of about 64%. Saturday runs to 49.
Nearest other stations
Facilities at Alderley Edge station
Alderley Edge is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: closed · Saturday: 07:30 to 14:00 · Sunday: closed
Parking at Alderley Edge station
- Station Car Park 30 spaces, 2 accessible
£6.60 a day, £26.40 a week
Cycle parking: 10 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 21 May 2026.
Getting to Alderley Edge station
Alderley Edge station is in Cheshire East, North West, and is run by Northern Trains.
The nearest motorway junction is M56 J6 (Hale Four Seasons), 4.7 miles north-west.
6 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Alderley Edge station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from