The station is 3.1 miles (5 km) south east of Manchester Piccadilly towards Stockport.

Southbound, 1 train per hour runs to each of Alderley Edge, Crewe, Hazel Grove and Buxton.

On Sundays, the service is reduced to 1 train per hour between Manchester Piccadilly and Buxton.

As well as English, the platform signs give the station name in Irish and Urdu, reflecting the immigrant communities from Ireland and Pakistan which live in the area.

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