Bramhall railway station
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Bramhall railway station serves the district of Bramhall
Bramhall
Bramhall is a suburb of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, England. It has a population of about 25,500.Research by the University of Sheffield has placed Bramhall as the "least lonely" place in Britain. Bramhall is also regarded as an affluent area where most residents...

 in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport
Metropolitan Borough of Stockport
The Metropolitan Borough of Stockport is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in north west England, centred around the town of Stockport. It has a population of about 280,600 and includes the outyling areas of Cheadle and Cheadle Hulme, Marple, Bredbury, Reddish and Romiley...

, Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester
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, England
England
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. The station is 16 km (9¾ miles) south of Manchester Piccadilly on the Stafford to Manchester Line
Stafford to Manchester Line
The Stafford to Manchester Line is a branch of the West Coast Main Line serving Stafford, Norton Bridge, Stone, Stoke-on-Trent, Kidsgrove, Congleton, Macclesfield, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport and Manchester....

, and was opened in 1845 by the London & North Western Railway.

Services

There is a daily hourly service northbound to Stockport and Manchester Piccadilly and southbound to Stoke on Trent with additional services at peak times. The last two trains each day terminate at Macclesfield.

The Sunday service from the station is limited, with just three trains each way in the afternoon & evening.

Crosscountry and Virgin Trains southbound services to Birmingham New Street and London Euston and northbound services to Manchester Piccadilly run through the station but don't stop.

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