Greenbank railway station

Infobox UK station


name=Greenbank
manager=Northern
code =GBK
locale=Hartford
borough=Vale Royal
lowusage0405=70,276
lowusage0506=73,086
lowusage0607=80,667
platforms= 2

Greenbank railway station serves the village of Hartford, Cheshire as well as The Castle area of Northwich, Cheshire, England. The station is situated on the A559 road from Northwich to Chester.

The station today

The train service runs east to west between Manchester Piccadilly and Chester. The Greenbank public house is next to the station and Mid Cheshire College is about 400 metres away. The station buildings are presently used as a Christian Church. There is a free car park. There is a public phone box opposite the station, a row of shops nearby, and a garage opposite the college. Hartford railway station is about 1.25 miles (2 km) away with trains to Liverpool, Runcorn, Winsford, Crewe and Birmingham.

ervices

On Sundays the trains run every three hours and the eastbound service terminates at Altrincham, with a connecting Manchester Metrolink service to Manchester. There is no ticket office, ticket machine, PA system or information screen at the station.

The majority of trains used on the line are Class 142 or Class 150, together with the occasional Class 156.

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External links

* [http://www.midcheshirerail.org.uk Mid-Cheshire Community Rail Partnership]