Hazel Grove railway station

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Hazel Grove
Location
Place	Hazel Grove
Local authority	Stockport
Operations
Station code	HAZ
Managed by	Northern Rail
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2005/06 *	0.325 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Greater Manchester
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hazel Grove from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Hazel Grove railway station is on the Stockport to Buxton / Sheffield line, serving the village of Hazel Grove, England, United Kingdom.

At one time there was another station in the village (Hazel Grove South), on the Midland Railway's line from New Mills South Junction to Manchester Central via Cheadle Heath, which opened in 1902, but it was less conveniently situated and closed in 1917. The line was extremely expensive to build with extensive earthworks. The navvies were accommodated in specially-built houses near the Rising Sun pub, which still exist, and are known as the "Navvy Mansions".

The line from Edgeley Junction (just south of Stockport) to Hazel Grove was electrified in 1981 on the 25kV AC overhead system.

[edit] Services

Today Hazel Grove is served by two trains per hour to/from Manchester Piccadilly - the hourly Blackpool North to Buxton DMU service and the hourly Piccadilly to Hazel Grove EMU service. Only a few of the fast DMU services between Manchester and Sheffield call at Hazel Grove - most go straight through the station.

The single-track Hazel Grove Chord opened in 1986. This allowed trains to/from Stockport and Manchester Piccadilly to access the former Manchester Central - New Mills South Junction line just south of Hazel Grove station and thus provides a faster route between Manchester and Sheffield than the former route via Romiley and New Mills Central.

[edit] References

• Radford, B., (1988) Midland Though The Peak Unicorn Books
• Harrison, P., (2006) Striking A Chord With Electric

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Hazel Grove railway station from National Rail

Coordinates: 53.3777° N 2.1226° W

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