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{{Short description|Railway station in Cheshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Handforth
| symbol_location = gb
| symbol = rail
| image = Southbound platform, Handforth railway station (geograph 4524430).jpg
| caption = Along the southbound platform in 2015
| borough = [[Handforth]], [[Cheshire East]]
| country = England
| grid_name = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]]
| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SJ858833|25|SJ858833}}
| manager = [[Northern (train operating company)|Northern]]
| platforms = 2
| code = HTH
| classification = [[United Kingdom railway station categories|DfT category]] E
| years = 4 August 1958
| events = Goods traffic ceased<ref>{{Cite book |last=Johnson |first=E.M. |title=Manchester to Crewe part three: Stockport & Wilmslow|publisher=E.M. Johnson |date=2022 |isbn=9781399922586 |location=Burnage |page=37}}</ref>
| mpassengers = 
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.291 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 73,226}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 0.196 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 0.240 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 0.362 million}}
| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the [[Office of Rail and Road]]
}}
[[File:Handforth Platform 1 (Southbound).jpg|thumb|Along the southbound platform in 2020, looking towards Stockport]]
'''Handforth railway station''' serves [[Handforth]], [[Cheshire]], England. Opened in 1842, it is a stop on the [[Crewe to Manchester Line]].

==History==
Handforth station opened on 10 May 1842, when the [[Manchester and Birmingham Railway]] to [[Crewe railway station|Crewe]] was completed. The northbound ("down") platform was approximately {{convert|82|yd|m}} north of its current location. In 1846, the MBR merged with two other companies to form the [[London and North Western Railway]].

Since opening, the station has served mainly commuters to [[Manchester]].

==Services==
[[Northern Trains]] provides an hourly service between {{rws|Manchester Piccadilly}}, {{rws|Stockport}} and {{rws|Crewe}}; there is also an hourly service between Manchester Piccadilly and {{rws|Alderley Edge}}. On Sundays, there is an hourly service between Manchester Piccadilly and Crewe.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Timetables and engineering information for travel with Northern |work=Northern Railway |date=10 December 2023 |access-date=22 March 2024 |url= https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/travel/timetables |quote=}}</ref>

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==Friends of Handforth Station==
[[File:Station signs, Handforth railway station (geograph 4524452).jpg|thumb|left|Various nameboards on the southbound platform]]
The Friends of Handforth Station, formed in 1996, are an active station adoption group who have carried out a number of projects at the station, including a station garden, sculptures, poetry and signs from railway operators in other countries.

The group works towards securing easier platform access for disabled passengers and those with prams, bikes etc.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hugh|title=Friends of Handforth Station|url=https://www.handforthstation.org.uk/|access-date=2021-09-18|language=en-GB}}</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book|title=Crewe to Manchester|first1=Vic|last1=Mitchell|first2=Keith|last2=Smith|at=figs. 61-63|publisher=Middleton Press|year=2014|isbn=9781908174574|oclc=892047119}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Handforth railway station}}
{{stn art lnk|HTH|SK93AB}}
* [http://www.crewe2manchesterrail.org.uk Crewe-Manchester Community Rail Partnership]
* [http://www.handforthstation.org.uk Friends of Handforth Station]

{{Cheshire railway stations}}
{{coord|53.346|N|2.213|W|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=title}}

[[Category:Railway stations in Cheshire]]
[[Category:DfT Category E stations]]
[[Category:Former London and North Western Railway stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1842]]
[[Category:Railway stations served by Northern]]
[[Category:1842 establishments in England]]

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