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{{Short description|Railway station in Greater Manchester, England}}{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2015}}
{{Infobox station
| name               = Heaton Chapel
| symbol_location    = gb
| symbol             = rail
| image              = Heaton Chapel railway station (geograph 4005068).jpg
| caption            = Heaton Chapel railway station in 2014
| address            = Heaton Moor Road, [[Heaton Chapel]]
| country            = England
| coordinates        = 
| grid_name          = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]]
| grid_position      = {{gbmapscaled|SJ881921|25|SJ881921}}
| elevation          = 
| owned              = [[Network Rail]]
| operator           = [[Northern Trains]]
| transit_authority  = [[Transport for Greater Manchester]]
| line               = 
| distance           = 
| platforms          = 2
| tracks             = 4
| train_operators    = Northern Trains
| code               = HTC
| classification     = [[United Kingdom railway station categories|DfT category]] E
| website            = [http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/HTC/details.html www.nationalrail.co.uk]
| opened             = 1852
| closed             = 
| rebuilt            = 
| electrified        = 1960
| former             = Heaton Chapel & Heaton Moor
| pregroup           = [[London & North Western Railway|LNWR]]
| postgroup          = 
| prenational        = [[London, Midland & Scottish Railway|LMS]]
| services           = 
| mpassengers        = <!--{{Rail pass box|pass_year=2017/18|passengers={{decrease}} 0.835 million}}
{{Rail pass box|pass_year=2018/19|passengers={{increase}} 0.849 million}}-->
{{Rail pass box|pass_year=2019/20|passengers={{decrease}} 0.828 million}}
{{Rail pass box|pass_year=2020/21|passengers={{decrease}} 0.123 million}}
{{Rail pass box|pass_year=2021/22|passengers={{increase}} 0.413 million}}
{{Rail pass box|pass_year=2022/23|passengers={{increase}} 0.480 million}}
{{Rail pass box|pass_year=2023/24|passengers={{increase}} 0.558 million}}
| footnotes          = Passenger statistics from the [[Office of Rail & Road]]
| mapframe           = yes
| mapframe-zoom      = 13
}}

'''Heaton Chapel railway station''' serves the [[Heaton Chapel]] and [[Heaton Moor]] districts of [[Metropolitan Borough of Stockport|Stockport]], [[Greater Manchester]], England. It is {{convert|4+1/2|mi}} south of [[Manchester Piccadilly railway station|Manchester Piccadilly]] towards [[Stockport railway station|Stockport]]. It opened as Heaton Chapel & Heaton Moor in 1852 by the [[London & North Western Railway]]. It was renamed Heaton Chapel by [[British Rail]] on 6 May 1974.<ref>{{cite magazine |editor1-first=J.N. |editor1-last=Slater |date=July 1974 |department=Notes and News |title=Stations renamed by LMR |magazine=[[The Railway Magazine]] |volume=120 |issue=879 |publisher=IPC Transport Press Ltd |location=London |issn=0033-8923 |page=363 }}</ref>

==Facilities==
The station has a ticket office, which is closed at weekends; access to the Manchester-bound platform is only then possible via a ramp from Tatton Road South.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/HTC/details.html |title=National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Heaton Chapel |publisher=Nationalrail.co.uk |date=2018-11-24 |access-date=2018-11-28}}</ref>

In May 2016, the roof collapsed onto the stairs of the Manchester-bound platform.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/in-your-area/pictures-rotten-roof-caves-heaton-11294146 |title=In pictures: Rotten roof caves in at Heaton Chapel train station in Stockport |publisher=[[Manchester Evening News]]|date=2016-05-06 |access-date=2016-09-28}}</ref> This resulted in the stairs being closed on both platforms, leaving access only via long ramps to the platforms. The roof has now been repaired and reinstated.

==Services==
On Mondays to Saturdays, Heaton Chapel is typically served by the following [[Northern Trains]] services:<ref>{{cite web |title = Northern Trains – Timetables |url = https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/travel/timetables |publisher = Northern |access-date = 11 December 2022}}</ref>
* 1 train per hour (tph) each way between [[Crewe railway station|Crewe]] and [[Manchester Piccadilly railway station|Manchester Piccadilly]], on the [[Crewe-Manchester line]]
* 1 tph each way between [[Alderley Edge railway station|Alderley Edge]] and Piccadilly, on the Crewe-Manchester line
* 1 tph each way between [[Buxton railway station|Buxton]] and Piccadilly, on the [[Buxton line]] 
* 1 tph each way between [[Hazel Grove railway station|Hazel Grove]] and Piccadilly, on the Buxton line.

On Sundays, the service is reduced to one train per hour towards Buxton and an irregular service towards Manchester Piccadilly.

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==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book|title=Crewe to Manchester|first1=Vic|last1=Mitchell|first2=Keith|last2=Smith|at=figs. 96-100|publisher=Middleton Press|year=2014|isbn=9781908174574|oclc=892047119}}

==External links==
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[[Category:Former London and North Western Railway stations]]
[[Category:DfT Category E stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1852]]
[[Category:Railway stations in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport]]
[[Category:Railway stations served by Northern]]