Walkden railway station

Walkden National Rail
Location
Place Walkden
Local authority Salford
Grid reference SD738026
Operations
Station code WKD
Managed by Northern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11 Increase 0.266 million
2011/12 Increase 0.305 million
2012/13 Increase 0.323 million
2013/14 Decrease 0.316 million
2014/15 Decrease 0.306 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE Greater Manchester
History
1888 Opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Walkden from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Walkden railway station is one of the principal stations that lie on the Manchester to Southport Line in England. The station is located 8 1⁄4 miles (13.3 km) west of Manchester with regular Northern services to these towns as well as Salford, Swinton and Hindley. It was opened by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway

One of the busier stations on the line, the station used to be known as Walkden High Level to differentiate it from the London and North Western Railway's Walkden Low Level railway station (on the line from Manchester Exchange to Bolton Great Moor Street, which was closed to passengers in 1954).[1] Latest figures indicate that over 300,000 passengers use the station annually.[2] In February 2007 the Friends of Walkden Station community volunteer group was founded to campaign for improvements to the station's facilities and services.
One of the line's two remaining signal boxes was formerly located here (it acted as the 'fringe' box to Manchester Picadilly signalling centre), but it and neighbouring Atherton Goods Yard box were both closed in the spring of 2013 and their semaphore signals replaced by colour lights worked from Piccadilly SCC.

Service

The entrance to Walkden railway station

Monday to Saturday daytimes, two trains per hour go southbound to Manchester Victoria and two per hour towards Wigan Wallgate (hourly onwards to Southport and Kirkby respectively) northbound. Alternate Manchester departures continue along the Caldervale Line to Todmorden, Burnley Manchester Road and Blackburn, whilst some peak services continue to Huddersfield & Leeds.[3]

In the evenings there is an hourly service in each direction to Manchester Victoria and Wigan.

A normal Saturday service or modified Monday to Friday service operates on most Bank Holidays

On 18 December 2009 the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE) voted to approve funding for a one-year trial of Sunday trains from Walkden, starting on 23 May 2010.[4] The Sunday service consists of hourly trains in each direction. The trial was judged successful and as of May 2016, the service continues to operate.

References

  1. ↑ Walkden Low Level Station, Subterranea Britannica, retrieved 20 January 2010
  2. ↑ Walkden Rail Users, Rail Regulator, retrieved 20 January 2010
  3. ↑ Table 82 National Rail timetable, May 2016
  4. ↑ "New Sunday services for rail line", BBC News, 20 December 2009, retrieved 13 January 2010
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Coordinates: 53°31′11″N 2°23′46″W / 53.5197°N 2.3960°W / 53.5197; -2.3960

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