Macclesfield railway station
You can reach 57 stations directly from Macclesfield on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Manchester Piccadilly, with 136 trains a day.
Address: Watersgreen, SK11 6JP
Macclesfield is the nearest station for postcodes in SK10, SK11. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Macclesfield
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester Piccadilly | 136 | 125 | 67 |
| Stockport | 136 | 125 | 67 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 133 | 122 | 67 |
| Birmingham New Street | 59 | 58 | 39 |
| Stafford | 59 | 58 | 39 |
| Wolverhampton | 59 | 58 | 39 |
| Adlington (Cheshire) | 40 | 37 | 0 |
| Bramhall | 40 | 37 | 0 |
| Cheadle Hulme | 40 | 37 | 0 |
| Prestbury | 40 | 37 | 0 |
| Poynton | 40 | 37 | 0 |
| London Euston | 38 | 30 | 28 |
| Congleton | 37 | 34 | 0 |
| Kidsgrove | 37 | 34 | 0 |
| Milton Keynes Central | 35 | 29 | 25 |
| Birmingham International | 29 | 28 | 23 |
| Coventry | 29 | 28 | 23 |
| Rugby | 29 | 25 | 18 |
| Banbury | 28 | 28 | 23 |
| Leamington Spa | 28 | 28 | 23 |
| Oxford | 28 | 28 | 23 |
| Reading | 28 | 28 | 23 |
| Basingstoke | 27 | 28 | 21 |
| Southampton Airport Parkway | 27 | 28 | 21 |
| Southampton Central | 27 | 28 | 21 |
| Winchester | 27 | 28 | 21 |
| Brockenhurst | 24 | 25 | 19 |
| Bournemouth | 24 | 25 | 19 |
| Bristol Parkway | 22 | 22 | 10 |
| Bristol Temple Meads | 22 | 22 | 10 |
| Cheltenham Spa | 22 | 22 | 10 |
| Worcestershire Parkway | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| Nuneaton | 7 | 3 | 5 |
| Dawlish | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Exeter St Davids | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Newton Abbot | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Paignton | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Taunton | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Teignmouth | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Torquay | 4 | 4 | 2 |
and 17 more stations, each served less often.
How busy Macclesfield is
1,486,408 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 372nd busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 8,728 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Macclesfield and Manchester Piccadilly than any other pair: 669,450 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: 38 stations instead of 57, a drop of about 33%. Saturday runs to 48.
Changing from 17 February 2027
From 17 February 2027, Macclesfield gains 2 destinations including Plymouth, Totnes and loses 8 including Kirkham and Wesham, Wigan North Western, Manchester Oxford Road, Deansgate, Blackpool North, Leyland.
Nearest other stations
- Prestbury 2.5 miles
- Adlington (Cheshire) 4.2 miles
- Alderley Edge 5.6 miles
- Poynton 6.3 miles
- Wilmslow 6.4 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Macclesfield, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Macclesfield Hibel Road · 0.3 miles
- Macclesfield (MB&M) · 0.3 miles
- Bollington closed 1970 · 2.4 miles
- North Rode · 4.4 miles
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.