Alderley Edge railway station

You can reach 33 stations directly from Alderley Edge on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Manchester Piccadilly, with 97 trains a day.

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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	97	97	19
Wilmslow	97	97	19
Stockport	69	69	19
Crewe	66	67	19
Cheadle Hulme	67	66	17
Heaton Chapel	67	66	2
Handforth	67	66	17
Levenshulme	67	66	1
Holmes Chapel	64	64	16
Sandbach	64	64	17
Chelford	36	36	16
Goostrey	36	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	2
Newport	1	2	0
Shrewsbury	1	2	2
Whitchurch	1	2	2
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.

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How busy Alderley Edge 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: 19 stations instead of 33, a drop of about 42%. Saturday runs to 49.

Nearest other stations

Wilmslow 1.7 miles
Chelford 2.9 miles
Styal 3.1 miles
Handforth 3.1 miles
Prestbury 3.8 miles

More about this station on Wikipedia.