Acton Bridge railway station
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| Location | |
| Place | Acton Bridge |
| Local authority | Cheshire West and Chester |
| Coordinates | 53°15′59″N 2°36′10″W / 53.2664°N 2.6029°WCoordinates: 53°15′59″N 2°36′10″W / 53.2664°N 2.6029°W |
| Operations | |
| Station code | ACB |
| Managed by | London Midland |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2004/05 * | 2,709 |
| 2005/06 * |  4,162 |
| 2006/07 * | 8,913 |
| 2007/08 * | 11,373 |
| 2008/09 * | 14,480 |
| 2009/10 * |  13,658 |
| History | |
| 4 July 1837 | Station opens as Acton |
| 1 July 1870 | Station renamed Acton Bridge |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Acton Bridge from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. | |
Acton Bridge railway station is near the village of Acton Bridge, Cheshire, in the northwest of England.
The station, and all the trains that stop here, are operated by London Midland; however, very few services call at this station on the service between Liverpool and Birmingham.
Acton Bridge still does not have any trains on a Sunday which call, but many trains pass through on the West Coast Main Line towards both Liverpool and Preston. A nearly normal service operates on most bank holidays however. The next station along the line towards Preston is Warrington Bank Quay, but there are no direct services between the two (the other case of this is Berwick-upon-Tweed and Chathill). 2,709 passengers are recorded as using the station in 2004-5.[1]
The station gardens are maintained by volunteers from Acton Bridge Women's Institute, and won a Commendation in the 2003 JPD 'Best Kept Station' competition.
[edit] History
The station opened as Acton by the Grand Junction Railway but was renamed Acton Bridge in 1870. After merging into the London and North Western Railway, the company became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
When sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Regional Railways until the privatisation of British Railways. Trains of the Intercity Sector passed on the West Coast Main Line.
[edit] Services
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Hartford | London Midland West Coast Main Line |
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[edit] References
- ^ : Office of Rail Regulation Retrieved 2012-01-13
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
- Station on navigable O.S. map
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