Burnage railway station serves the suburb of Burnage in south Manchester, England. It is a stop on the Styal Line between , and . It caters mainly for commuter traffic, with regular services between , Manchester Airport and Manchester Piccadilly.
History
The station was opened in 1910.
The line was electrified at 25 kV AC overhead in 1959, during the modernisation of the line as part of the wider West Coast Main Line electrification programme.
From May 2018, services operated on a 'skip-stop' basis at irregular intervals to increase capacity on the line. As a designated Northern Connect stop, a direct express service to Blackpool North, via , was introduced as part of this timetable change. This was replaced by calls on services between / and running via as part of the December 2019 timetable change.
Facilities
The station has the following facilities: A staffed ticket office, open on Monday to Friday (06:30-13:00) and Saturday (07:00-14:00) A ticket machine
Services Northern Trains runs hourly services each way between and , and between and . On Sundays, the stopping service runs hourly between Liverpool Lime Street and .
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Manchester Local Image Collection Burnage Station looking west along Fog Lane, 1934 Burnage Station looking east along Fog Lane, 1934 Southbound platform Burnage Station during reconstruction, 1958 Northbound platform Burnage Station during reconstruction, 1958 Southbound platform Burnage Station from Fog Lane, 1960 Northbound platform Burnage Station from Fog Lane, 1960 Burnage Station during 2007 redevelopment (27 January 2007)