It is on the Manchester to Preston and the Liverpool to Manchester lines, both heavily used by commuters.

Hope has a railway station on the Sheffield to Manchester (Hope Valley) line.

The adjoining village of Delamere has a post-office, church and railway station on the Chester to Manchester line.

However, this never materialised with the terminus being cut back to Hunts Cross station on the southern Liverpool to Manchester line.

The nearest main line railway station is Trafford Park, on the Liverpool to Manchester line.

There were at one time plans to electrify the whole Chester to Manchester line but it was deemed too expensive.

Weaste railway station is a closed station on the Liverpool to Manchester line.

Longlands Tunnel was opened up to form a wide cutting and the junction with the Manchester line was moved south of the river.

A new modern steel bridge for the Manchester line was built alongside the original viaduct over the River Derwent and the A6 main road.

The station was on the southmost Liverpool to Manchester line.