Cheshire East Railway Statistics

There are twenty-two railway stations in Cheshire East.

Busiest Stations

The ten Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Crewe 3,143,316
  2. 2 Macclesfield 1,354,394
  3. 3 Wilmslow 1,136,086
  4. 4 Handforth 361,694
  5. 5 Knutsford 338,318
  6. 6 Congleton 299,154
  7. 7 Sandbach 261,400
  8. 8 Alderley Edge 239,442
  9. 9 Holmes Chapel 202,354
  10. 10 Nantwich 194,534

Least Used Stations

The ten Least Used Stations

  1. 1 Ashley 8,248
  2. 2 Wrenbury 10,054
  3. 3 Plumley 16,552
  4. 4 Mobberley 19,578
  5. 5 Styal 23,568
  6. 6 Adlington 26,046
  7. 7 Goostrey 35,984
  8. 8 Chelford 41,124
  9. 9 Prestbury 58,562
  10. 10 Alsager 101,420

Passenger Numbers

Passenger numbers for Alsager peaked during 2019-20 with 9,540,572 estimated passengers.

Usage dropped to 20% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 0% by 2024.

Passenger Estimates for Alsager table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-983,908,109
1998-993,879,935
1999-003,983,843
2000-013,889,971
2001-023,981,178
2002-033,833,071
2003-04 
2004-053,888,737
2005-064,297,975
2006-074,538,581
2007-085,304,753
2008-095,559,030
2009-105,815,704
2010-116,485,566
2011-126,933,804
2012-137,251,826
2013-147,664,412
2014-157,980,280
2015-167,980,280
2016-179,206,178
2017-189,369,788
2018-199,531,718
2019-209,540,572
2020-211,921,780
2021-226,390,260
2022-237,305,566
2023-24