Mobberley railway station
Mobberley  | |||||
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 The station entrance in 2005 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Mobberley, Cheshire, England | ||||
| Grid reference | SJ778814 | ||||
| Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | MOB | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1862 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  21,496 | ||||
| 2020/21 |  5,282 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 15,376 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 16,690 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 19,578 | ||||
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Mobberley railway station serves the village of Mobberley, in Cheshire, England. It lies to the north of the village and is managed by Northern Trains. The station is 18½ miles (30 km) south of Manchester Piccadilly on the Mid-Cheshire line towards Chester.
History
The station was opened on 12 May 1862 by the Cheshire Midland Railway, which was absorbed by the Cheshire Lines Committee on 15 August 1867. It passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. When sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways until the privatisation of British Rail.
The station retains many of its original features and buildings, although these have been converted for residential use.
Facilities
The station is unstaffed and has no ticket machine, so all tickets must be purchased in advance of travel or on the train. The main building is in private commercial use, but there are brick shelters on each platform, along with CIS displays, timetable poster boards and a bike rack on platform 2. A pay phone at the entrance can also be used to request train running information. Step-free access to both platforms is available via ramps from the level crossing at the Manchester end of the station.[1]
The station has retained its staffed signal box.[2]
Services
On Mondays to Saturdays, there is an hourly service westbound to Chester and eastbound to Manchester Piccadilly. On Sundays there is now a two-hourly service to Chester and to Southport, via Manchester Piccadilly.[3] Until 12 December 2010, Mobberley was a request stop only.
| Preceding station | National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Knutsford | Northern Trains Mid-Cheshire Line |
Ashley | ||
53°19′48″N 2°19′59″W / 53.330°N 2.333°W
References
- ^ "Mobberley station information". National Rail Enquiries. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ Dixon, David. "Mobberley Level Crossing Box (2013)". Geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- ^ Table 88 National Rail timetable, May 2016
Further reading
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Chester Northgate to Manchester. Middleton Press. figs. 60-63. ISBN 9781908174512. OCLC 892704846.
External links
- Train times and station information for Mobberley railway station from National Rail
- Mid-Cheshire Community Rail Partnership