Greenbank is a stop on the Mid-Cheshire Line between Cuddington and Northwich. The station is close to the border between Northwich and Hartford.
Northern 150 143 arrives with a Manchester bound service
Information
Type:
National Rail
(Mid-Cheshire Line)
Station code:
GBK
Opened:
1870
Platforms:
2
The station was opened as Hartford & Greenbank by the West Cheshire Railway in 1870. The station remained part of the Cheshire Lines Committee with trains later operated by the LNER (with some shuttles by the LMS) until nationalisation in 1948.
The station was renamed Greenbank in 1973 [1]. The station is nowadays unstaffed. The main station building still exists but is nowadays used as a church. Facilities at Greenbank are the usual for unstaffed stations: bus shelter, information screen and ticket machine! Access to the station which is in a cutting is via ramps from the road level. Greenbank signalbox (which opened in 1975 [2]) is next to the station.
The station has an hourly service most days in both directions between Chester and Manchester Piccadilly. Services are operated by Northern, who manage the station. There are some extra services during peak hours.
GBRf 66 779 brings a freight through Greenbank
Greenbank signal box
Station sign, slightly suspect BR logo
Main station buildings
Station shelter
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Chester Northgate to Manchester (Middleton Press, 2013) Map. XV [2] Ibid. Fig. 35
