We are a local community action group that looks after our station.
Handforth Station’s involvement in Railway 200
Saturday 10th May 2025
The FoHS presented a stall at Handforth’s VE day celebrations. This included a display focussing on the role of Handforth’s Military Railways during World War Two.
Saturday 17th May 2025
The Friends of Handforth Station and Handforth Model Engineering Society joined forces to offer a special day out to commemorate Railway 200.
Tuesday 20th May 2025
“We officially launched our “Poems Down the Line display at the station on 20th May. This is now a months-long showing of railway- and train-related poems at Handforth Station.
Introducing the Friends of Handforth Station
We are very proud to have been the first “Friends of a Station” group in the whole of the UK, and we are still going strong. When we were founded in 1996, the outlook for the station seemed bleak; we believe that our efforts have turned that situation round completely, and we are consistently one of the Best Kept Stations in the area.
Working in cooperation with Network Rail, with Northern Trains, and with the local community and businesses, our primary aims are:
- To make changes for the better at the station where we can (the Handforth Station Artworks (see below for more), annual Christmas Lights, keeping the station tidy, and so on).
- To campaign and lobby the relevant authorities for improved access to the station, and for other areas where we can’t make the change ourselves.
- To represent the users of the station.
Handforth Station – A Platform for Art
We are particularly proud of our huge collection of artworks, including the nationally-renowned Station Signs. For a downloadable guide to all the artwork, click here.
Handforth Station – Work Parties
The next Work Party at the station will be on Saturday 26th July, starting at 9.30am.
To get involved in that (or to get involved in any way !) please contact us using this form.