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Altrincham
Altrincham Interchange building, opened 2015
General information
Location	Altrincham,Trafford England
Coordinates	53°23′15″N2°20′50″W / 53.3875°N 2.3472°W /53.3875; -2.3472
Grid reference	SJ770879
Managed by	Northern Trains
Transit authority	Transport for Greater Manchester
Platforms	4 (2National Rail, 2Metrolink)
Other information
Station code	ALT
Fare zone	G
Classification	DfT category C2
Key dates
20 July 1849	Original MSJA railway station opens
3 April 1881	MSJA station replaced on current site
6 May 1974	Name changed from Altrincham and Bowdon to Altrincham
15 June 1992	Metrolink service starts
Passengers
2019/20	0.373 million
2020/21	69,168
2021/22	0.222 million
2022/23	0.248 million
2023/24	0.273 million
Notes Passenger statistics from theOffice of Rail and Road

Altrincham Interchange is atransport hub inAltrincham,Greater Manchester, England. It consists of abus station on Stamford New Road, aNorthern Trains-operatedheavy rail station on theMid-Cheshire Line, and alight rail stop which forms the terminus ofManchester Metrolink'sAltrincham line. The original heavy rail element of the station was opened by theManchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway asAltrincham and Bowdon railway station in April 1881, changing toAltrincham railway station in May 1974. The Metrolink element opened in June 1992. The Interchange underwent a complete redevelopment, at a cost of £19 million, starting in mid-July 2013. The new bus station opened officially on 7 December 2014.

The station was opened on 3 April 1881 as Altrincham & Bowdon by theManchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway (MSJAR) to replaceAltrincham (1st) railway station on Stockport Road andBowdon station on Lloyd Street/Railway Street which both closed that day. All platforms were through, with Nos. 1 and 2 (nearest to the town) being used by the MSJAR.^{[citation needed]}

TheCheshire Lines Committee (CLC) trains fromManchester Central toNorthwich andChester Northgate used platforms 3 and 4. The CLC also operated a service fromStockport Tiviot Dale viaNorthenden to Altrincham, latterly usingSentinel steam railcars, but this service ceased in late 1939.^{[citation needed]}

The station became part of theLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway during theGrouping of 1923. The station then passed on to theLondon Midland Region of British Railways onnationalisation in 1948.^{[citation needed]}

Since 6 May 1974, the station has been named Altrincham.^[1] In 1975 a new booking office was opened on platform 4 to serve the car park on the site of the former goods yard. Also in 1975, work began to convert the former station forecourt on Stamford New Road into a bus station, and the Victorian glass-covered canopy over the station entrance was demolished. The new combined Altrincham Interchange bus/rail station was opened in November 1976.^{[citation needed]}

WhenSectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served byRegional Railways under arrangement with theGreater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive until theprivatisation of British Rail.^{[citation needed]}

Regional Railways electric trains between Manchester and Altrincham ceased serving the station on 24 December 1991.^[2] The former electric train platforms (1 and 2) reopened for use by Metrolink on 15 June 1992.^[3]

A new roof for platform 1 costing £180,000 was installed in 2006. This platform had been uncovered since glazed panels were removed in 2003 due to safety concerns. The new roof is made of coated steel with clear panels to let in the light.^[4]

The station clock tower on Stamford New Road, erected in 1880, is aGrade II listed structure.^[5][6]

The Interchange was redeveloped in 2013-15 byLaing O'Rourke. The project was partly funded by the Local Sustainable Transport Fund.^[7]

The interchange reopened on 7 December 2014, integrating Bus, Rail and Metrolink services again, although the lifts and some roofing in the railway station was not completed until 2015.^[8][9]

Altrincham Interchange has four rail platforms. Two bay platforms are used for Metrolink services. Two further through platforms accommodate train services on the line betweenManchester Piccadilly andChester viaStockport.^[10]

There is a basic hourly service in each direction on theMid-Cheshire line on Mondays to Saturdays with two peak extras to/fromStockport. The through service toBlackpool North ceased to run from 15 December 2008.

On Sundays there were five trains to and fromChester but these all terminated here prior to the timetable change, there being no service onwards toStockport andManchester Piccadilly. Through passengers had to use the Metrolink service to continue their journey (connections were advertised in the 2007-8 timetable and National Rail tickets were valid for through trips). From December 2008 however, the service frequency has been improved (to two-hourly each way) and through running toStockport &Manchester Piccadilly reinstated for the first time since the early nineties. These services continued toWigan Wallgate andSouthport until May 2018; they now all terminate atManchester Piccadilly.^[11]

Altrincham
Metrolink station
AM5000 at Altrincham Interchange on Platform 1
General information
Location	Altrincham,Trafford England
Coordinates	53°23′15″N2°20′50″W / 53.38752°N 2.34734°W /53.38752; -2.34734
Line(s)	Altrincham Line
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	In operation
Fare zone	4
History
Original company	Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway
Pre-grouping	Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway
Post-grouping	Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway
Key dates
1992	Conversion to Metrolink operation
Route map Legend toSt Peter's Square 0:21 Deansgate-Castlefield (Deansgate) Bridgewater Canal 0:18 Cornbrook toPomona CLC Liverpool–Manchester line 0:15 Trafford Bar toFirswood 0:13 Old Trafford 0:11 Stretford River Mersey  M60  0:08 Dane Road 0:07 Sale 0:06 Brooklands 0:04 Timperley 0:02 Navigation Road 0:00 Altrincham This diagram: view talk edit
Location

There is a frequentMetrolink service to Manchester andBury, with a tram every six minutes to Manchester for most of the day (alternate trams running to Bury, avoidingPiccadilly). Monday-Saturday evening and Sunday journeys run every 12 minutes toPiccadilly, with journeys to Bury requiring a change of trams atPiccadilly Gardens.^[12]

Altrincham is in Metrolink fare zone 4.^[13]

• 5 trams per hour to Piccadilly
• 5 trams per hour to Bury (peak only)

• 1 train per hour to Manchester Piccadilly via Stockport
• 1 train per hour to Chester

Preceding station	Manchester Metrolink			Following station
Terminus		Altrincham–Bury (peak only)		Navigation Road towardsBury
		Altrincham–Piccadilly		Navigation Road towardsPiccadilly
Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Hale		Northern Trains Mid-Cheshire Line		Navigation Road
Historical railways
Hale Line and station open		Cheshire Lines Committee Mid-Cheshire Line		Sale Line and station open
Disused railways
Baguley		Cheshire Lines Committee Stockport, Timperley and Altrincham Junction Railway		Terminus

The former station forecourt now serves as aTransport for Greater Manchester bus station, providing interchange with local bus services to locations withinTrafford. Buses also operate toStockport,Wythenshawe,Macclesfield,The Trafford Centre,Sale,Hale,Timperley,East Didsbury,Manchester Airport,Bowdon andWarrington. The main bus operator isArriva North West but other significant operators includeStagecoach Manchester,Warrington's Own Buses, Warrington Coachways and Vale Travel.^[14]

There is also ataxi rank.^[15]

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995).The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.).Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd.ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7.OCLC 60251199.OL 11956311M.
• Dixon, Frank (1994).The Manchester South Junction & Altrincham Railway. Headington: Oakwood Press.ISBN 0-85361-454-7.
• Jowett, Alan (2000).Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers.ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1.OCLC 228266687.

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013).Chester Northgate to Manchester. Middleton Press. figs. 77-85.ISBN 9781908174512.OCLC 892704846.

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