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Stockport Council Starts Cheadle Station Construction, Set to Open

By Drooid · Oct 4, 2026, 10:07 AM UTC · How we work

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Stockport Council has begun construction of a new Cheadle train station.
The station will sit beside Alexandra Hospital on the former high-street site closed in 1917.
Funding and planning permission were secured in 2022 and 2023 respectively.
Network Rail and Northern Trains concluded the station can open without cutting existing services.
Planned services will run from Cheadle to Stockport, Manchester Piccadilly and Chester.

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Story summary

Stockport Council has begun construction of a new Cheadle train station.
The station will sit beside Alexandra Hospital on the former high-street site closed in 1917.
Funding and planning permission were secured in 2022 and 2023 respectively.
Network Rail and Northern Trains concluded the station can open without cutting existing services.
Planned services will run from Cheadle to Stockport, Manchester Piccadilly and Chester.