Walsden railway station
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| Location | |
| Place | Walsden, Todmorden |
| Local authority | Calderdale |
| Coordinates | 53°41′47″N 2°06′17″W / 53.696340°N 2.104670°WCoordinates: 53°41′47″N 2°06′17″W / 53.696340°N 2.104670°W |
| Grid reference | SD931222 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | WDN |
| Managed by | Northern Rail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2004/05 * | 0.126 million |
| 2005/06 * | 0.133 million |
| 2006/07 * | 0.120 million |
| 2007/08 * | 0.117 million |
| 2008/09 * | 0.113 million |
| 2009/10 * | 0.096 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | West Yorkshire (Metro) |
| Zone | 5 |
| History | |
| Opened 1990 | |
| 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 Walsden from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. | |
Walsden railway station serves the village of Walsden, Todmorden in West Yorkshire, England, on the edge of the Pennines.
It is served by the Caldervale Line operated by Northern Rail. The station is 32 miles (51 km) west of Leeds and 17.25 miles (28 km) north east of Manchester Victoria. Walsden is the last station before the boundary with Greater Manchester. The station was opened by Metro (West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive) on 10 September 1990 as a replacement for an earlier structure that closed on 6 August 1961. This earlier station, which was opened in 1845 by the Manchester & Leeds Railway, predecessor of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, was situated between the level crossing and the north portal of Winterbutlee Tunnel, a few yards south of the present station.[1][2]
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[edit] Services
There is an hourly service to Manchester Victoria southbound and to Leeds via Halifax northbound with extra trains during peak times in each direction.
[edit] December 2008 Service Changes
Northern Rail implemented changes to the Caldervale line services from December 2008. Three trains per hour now ran between Leeds and Manchester Victoria - one was the current stopping service (which is the one that calls here), one runs via Dewsbury and Brighouse (and include stops at Moston, Mills Hill and Castleton) and one was a limited stop service - between Bradford and Manchester the service will only call at Halifax, Hebden Bridge, Todmorden and Rochdale. Walsden passengers now have a poorer service, especially for those commuters who travel back from Manchester opposed to the half hourly service currently operated (July 2008).[3]
[edit] History
It was the only place in Todmorden to be bombed during the Second World War Blitz. This is presumed to be because a German plane had a bomb left over after a raid and dropped it there based on the possibility that the station might be useful to Britain's war effort.
[edit] References
- ^ Bairstow, M. (1983), The Manchester & Leeds Railway (The Calder Valley Line), Wyvern Publishing, Skipton, ISBN 0-90794-106-0, p. 72
- ^ Joy, D. (1975), A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain, Volume 8, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, ISBN 0-7153-6883-4
- ^ WYPTE Rail Working Group Report - Proposed Northern December 2008 Timetable 16 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Walsden railway station from National Rail
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| Littleborough towards Manchester Victoria |
Northern Rail Caldervale Line |
Todmorden towards Leeds via Dewsbury |
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