Today Hazel Grove is served by three trains per hour to/from Manchester Piccadilly – the two trains per hour to/from Manchester Piccadilly to Buxton and the hourly Manchester Piccadilly to Hazel Grove stopping service. More trains operate in morning peak hours with East Midlands Railway running a service, the 8:17 service to Liverpool Lime Street. Only a few of the local DMU services between Manchester and Sheffield go via Hazel Grove – most travel via New Mills Central. Whilst between Hazel Grove and Buxton the line is not electrified, Hazel Grove through to Manchester Piccadilly is.