Smithy Bridge railway station
Smithy Bridge | |
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General information | |
Location | Rochdale |
Managed by | Northern |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | SMB |
Key dates | |
1868 1960 1985 | Original station opened Closed Current station opened |
Smithy Bridge railway station serves the village of Smithy Bridge and Hollingworth Lake near Rochdale in Greater Manchester, England. The station is on the Caldervale Line 12+3⁄4 miles (20.5 km) north of Manchester Victoria on the way to Leeds.
Services
There is a basic half-hourly service (with peak period extras) from the station to Manchester Victoria southbound and to Todmorden northbound on weekdays. From there, trains continue alternately to Blackburn via Burnley Manchester Road and to Leeds via Brighouse. In the early morning & evenings trains to Leeds run via Halifax but on the same frequency, whilst in Sundays the service is hourly and provided by the Manchester to Blackburn trains. [1]
History
The station was first opened by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in October 1868. In 1915, the station was the scene of a tragic accident involving an express train and an empty stock train. Four people died and many others were injured. It was closed on 2 May 1960 by British Rail but reopened on its original site,albeit with a slightly different platform layout, on 19 August 1985 with financial assistance from Greater Manchester PTE. The signal box here, which controlled the level crossing and acted as a 'fringe' box to Preston PSB from 1973 onwards, was downgraded in late 2011 from a block post to a crossing box. The signalling is remotely operated from the new 'Rochdale West' panel at Castleton (which also supervises the layout at Rochdale and will eventually replace another box at Castleton East Junction) and the crossing is now automatic. Smithy Bridge Crossing box closed early in 2014 and has since been demolished.
Notes
- ^ GB eNRT 2015-16 Edition, Table 41
References
- The Weighvers Seaport by A W Colligan in association with George Kelsall (ISBN 0-9505577-0-6)
- http://www.link4life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=c.showPage&pageID=335
External links
- Train times and station information for Smithy Bridge railway station from National Rail
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Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Rochdale | Northern Caldervale Line |
Littleborough |
- Railway stations in Rochdale Borough
- Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1868
- Railway stations closed in 1960
- Railway stations opened in 1985
- Railway stations opened by British Rail
- Reopened railway stations in Great Britain
- Railway stations served by Northern (train operating company)
- Littleborough, Greater Manchester