Littleborough railway station

Littleborough
Location
Place	Littleborough
Local authority	Rochdale
Grid reference	SD938162
Operations
Station code	LTL
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.212 million
2005/06	0.224 million
2006/07	0.211 million
2007/08	0.237 million
2008/09	0.358 million
2009/10	0.344 million
2010/11	0.354 million
2011/12	0.384 million
2012/13	0.376 million
2013/14	0.369 million
2014/15	0.381 million
History
Key dates	Opened 1839 (1839)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Littleborough from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Littleborough railway station serves the small town of Littleborough in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England.

It lies on the Caldervale Line 13¾ miles (22 km) north of Manchester Victoria towards Halifax, Bradford Interchange and Leeds.

This is the last station on the Caldervale Line in the Greater Manchester area. It was one of the original Manchester and Leeds Railway station sites and for the first year of operation following its opening in July 1839, it was the temporary terminus of the line from Manchester (the section on through the Summit Tunnel towards Mirfield not being completed until 1841).^[1] It did so again for some eight months after the December 1984 Summit Tunnel fire - passengers transferring between the trains to/from Manchester and a rail-replacement bus service onwards to Todmorden until repairs to the tunnel could be completed and the line reopened.

Facilities

The station's two platforms are staggered, with the Manchester-bound one (platform 1) the more southerly. Both have ramps & step-free access for disabled travellers. The station is staffed on a part-time basis (six days per week, mornings & early afternoons only), with the ticket office & waiting room on platform 2 open at these times. There are also shelters on both platforms & ticket vending machines available, so travellers can purchase tickets when the booking office is closed.^[2]

Services

Station approach

Northern Rail 144007 leaving Platform 2 with a Manchester Victoria to Leeds service in 2009

Monday to Saturday daytimes, there is a half-hourly service from Littleborough to Manchester Victoria westbound and to Todmorden eastbound, with trains running alternately to Leeds via Dewsbury and to Blackburn via Burnley Manchester Road (the latter beginning at the May 2015 timetable change). In the early morning, evening and on Sundays, trains to Leeds operate via Halifax rather than Dewsbury; the basic service pattern remains the same though.^[3]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Littleborough railway station.

• Train times and station information for Littleborough railway station from National Rail

Railways in Rochdale
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Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Smithy Bridge		Northern Caldervale Line		Walsden
				Todmorden

Coordinates: 53°38′34″N 2°05′41″W / 53.6429°N 2.0947°W / 53.6429; -2.0947