Mills Hill railway station

Mills Hill National Rail
Location
Place Middleton
Local authority Rochdale
Coordinates 53°33′04″N 2°10′18″W / 53.5511°N 2.1717°W / 53.5511; -2.1717Coordinates: 53°33′04″N 2°10′18″W / 53.5511°N 2.1717°W / 53.5511; -2.1717
Grid reference SD887060
Operations
Station code MIH
Managed by Northern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11 Increase 0.283 million
2011/12 Increase 0.341 million
2012/13 Decrease 0.326 million
2013/14 Decrease 0.303 million
2014/15 Increase 0.314 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE Greater Manchester
History
Original company Manchester and Leeds Railway
4 July 1839 Original station opened
11 August 1842 Closed
25 March 1985 Current station opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Mills Hill from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Mills Hill railway station is in the Mills Hill area of Middleton in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale,[1] in Greater Manchester, England. The station is 5¾ miles (9 km) north of Manchester Victoria on the Caldervale Line. Mills Hill lies on Middleton's common boundary with Chadderton,[1] and thus serves both communities.

During the temporary closure of the Oldham Loop line for its conversion to Metrolink light rail (2009–12) the station acted as an informal railhead for much of the borough of Oldham.

With an annual patronage of 314,000 entries and exits per year Mills Hill station is the second busiest railway station within Transport for Greater Manchester's demise outside of Great Manchester itself. It is due to this fact that TfGM are pushing for funding to be made available to improve accessibility at the station for non-able bodied passengers. The station is second only to Greenfield Railway Station on the prioritized list for this funding.

History

The original station opened on 4 July 1839[2] before the completion of the branches to Middleton and Oldham, and closed on 11 August 1842[2] when these were opened. The current station opened on 25 March 1985[2] by British Rail at the same point as the original.

Services

On Monday to Saturday daytimes, there is a half-hourly service to Manchester Victoria southbound (with an hourly extension to Wigan) and Todmorden northbound. Since the December 2008 timetable change,[3] alternate northbound trains continue eastwards to Leeds via Dewsbury or to Blackburn via Burnley (the latter service commencing at the May 2015 timetable change).

In the evenings there is a half hourly service to Manchester Victoria and hourly to Leeds via Bradford and to Blackburn, whilst on Sundays an hourly service operates in each direction to Manchester & Blackburn.[4]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (2008-04-30), Network Maps: Oldham (PDF), gmpte.com, archived from the original (PDF) on April 14, 2008, retrieved 2008-07-28
  2. 1 2 3 Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 160. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  3. ↑ Northern Rail Proposed December 2008 Timetable West Yorks PTA website; Accessed 2008-12-18
  4. ↑ GB NRT May - Dec 2016, Table 41 (network Rail)

References

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Railways in Rochdale

Legend
 Past, present and future 
Rossendale Lines
to Bacup
Calderdale Lines
to Calderdale
Broadley
Littleborough
Shawclough
and Healey
Smithy Bridge
Wardleworth

Rochdale
Newbold
Rochdale
Town Centre
Kingsway
Business Park
Milnrow
East Lancs Rly
to Bury
Newhey
Broadfield
Oldham Lines
to Oldham
East Lancashire RailwayHeywood
Castleton
Mills Hill
Middleton
Manchester Lines North
to Manchester
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Moston   Northern
Caldervale Line or
Todmorden/Rochdale-Kirkby-Wigan Wallgate		   Castleton
Historical railways
Middleton Junction
Line open, station closed		   Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway   Castleton
Line and station open
Disused railways
Middleton Junction
Line open, station closed		   Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway   Heywood
Line closed, station open
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