also a ticket machine at the station situated adjacent to the ticket office. There is step-free access to both platforms. Next to Platform 2, there is a station car park. Services Historical Since the opening of Manchester Airport railway station in 1993, the Monday to Saturday service pattern was 2 trains per hour to Manchester Piccadilly. 2 trains per hour operated in the opposite direction - one to Manchester Airport and the other continued onto Crewe until 17:53, then terminated at Wilmslow in the evening. Sunday services consisted of 1 train per hour to Manchester Airport, with one service every 2 hours continuing to Alderley Edge and 1 train an hour to Manchester Piccadilly. Between May 2018 and December 2021, the service pattern was amended to increase capacity on the line with several services not stopping at the other intermediate stations towards . The Monday to Saturday service pattern consisted of 1 train per hour to via stopping at most local stations- operated by a or ; 1 train per hour to running semi-fast- operated by a ; 1 train per hour to via and stopping at all local stations - operated by a or ; 1 train per hour to via and running semi-fast- operated by a ; 3 trains in the morning to via - operated by a ; 1 train per day to - operated by TransPennine Express with a . Sunday services consisted of: 1 train per hour to - operated by a or ; 1 train an hour to - operated by a or . Present The current Monday - Saturday service pattern consists of: 1 train per hour to via (stopping service, terminates at on Sundays) 1 train per hour to (stopping service, Monday to Saturday) 1 train per hour to (Monday to Saturday) 1 train per hour to via References Further reading External links Withington Railway stations in Manchester DfT Category D stations Former London and North Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1909 Northern franchise railway stations 1909 establishments in England