Editing Knutsford (section)

== Transport ==
=== Roads ===
[[File:Knutsford Motorway Services - geograph.org.uk - 35882.jpg|right|thumb|[[Knutsford services|Knutsford motorway service station]]]]
Knutsford has excellent access to the motorway network, with junctions to the [[M6 motorway|M6]] (J19) and [[M56 motorway|M56]] (J7) motorways nearby. However, this can also have disadvantages as the A50, which runs through Knutsford town centre, follows a similar route to the M6 between [[Warrington]] and [[Stoke-on-Trent]]; this means that if the M6 is closed, due to an accident or roadworks, then a large volume of traffic transfers to the A50 and causes major traffic jams in Knutsford.

=== Railway ===
[[Knutsford railway station]] is a stop on the [[Mid-Cheshire Line]] that runs between {{rws|Chester}} and {{rws|Manchester Piccadilly}}, via [[Altrincham Interchange|Altrincham]] and {{rws|Stockport}}. 

The station was built in 1862 by the [[Cheshire Midland Railway]] (CMR). The CMR was absorbed into the [[Cheshire Lines Committee]] (CLC) in August 1867; this entity continued to serve Knutsford until nationalisation on 1 January 1948. The rail service to Manchester was re-routed via a slower route when the [[Manchester Metrolink]] trams took over the CLC direct line between Altrincham and Manchester; the heavy rail service was re-routed, via [[Stockport railway station|Stockport]], to Manchester.

Currently, [[Northern Trains]] generally runs an hourly service in both directions. Trains operate to [[Northwich railway station|Northwich]] and Chester to the south-west; northbound services travel to Altrincham, Stockport and Manchester. There are extra trains to and from Stockport at peak times on weekdays. On Sundays, there is a service every two hours in each direction.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Timetables and engineering information for travel with Northern |work=Northern Railway |date=May 2023 |access-date=3 September 2023 |url= https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/travel/timetables |quote=}}</ref>

The number of weekday peak trains to Manchester was cut back controversially in December 2008, to allow [[Virgin Trains West Coast]] to run extra services between Manchester and [[Euston railway station|London]]. Knutsford was expected to get a half-hourly train services to Northwich and Manchester (Monday to Saturday) by December 2017, with an increase in the Sunday frequency to hourly, but the promised additional services have failed to materialise.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/northern-franchise-2015-invitation-to-tender|title=Northern franchise 2015: invitation to tender – Publications – GOV.UK|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401093834/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/northern-franchise-2015-invitation-to-tender|archive-date=1 April 2015}}</ref>

=== Buses ===
[[D&G Bus]] operates three bus routes in the town, which can be accessed from Knutsford bus station:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Knutsford bus services |website=Bustimes.org |access-date=20 April 2025 |url= https://bustimes.org/localities/knutsford}}</ref>
* 87 - Knutsford to Macclesfield, via [[Chelford]] and [[Henbury, Cheshire|Henbury]]
* 88 - Altrincham to Macclesfield, via Wilmslow and [[Hale Barns]]
* 89 - Knutsford to [[Northwich]], via [[Wincham]] and [[Lostock Gralam]].

=== Airport ===
[[Manchester Airport]] is located {{convert|5|mi|km|0}} from Knutsford in the civil parish of [[Ringway, Manchester|Ringway]]; however, there are no direct bus or railway links to it from the town.