Alsager is a stop on the North Staffordshire Line in Cheshire between Crewe and Kidsgrove.
LNWR 350 106 departs heading North
Information
Type:
National Rail
(North Staffordshire Line)
Station code:
ASG
Opened:
1848
Platforms:
2
The station was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1848. It was renamed Alsager Rode Heath in 1889 but changed back to Alsager in 1923. The station retains it's station building though it is no longer in railway use. A signalbox was located next to the station building though was closed in 1985 and demolished [1]. The line through Alsager was electrified in 2003, the line can be used for diverted West Coast Main Line trains.
The station is now unstaffed with a couple of brick shelters. The station is managed by East Midlands Railway and served by themselves and LNWR. A level crossing is situated at one end of the platforms, access between the platforms is via the road.
View down the platform
LNWR 350 263 arrives with a South bound service
Platform shelter
Former station building
Level crossing
[1] Adrian Hartless, Lines North of Stoke (Middleton Press, 2019) Fig. 69
