List of railway stations in Greater Manchester

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Railways in Greater Manchester
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  Disused railway

Greater Manchester, a metropolitan county in North West England, has a public rail network of 130 route miles (209 km) and 92 National Rail stations.[1][a] Transport for Greater Manchester is responsible for specifying fares and service levels of train services operating in the county.[2] The Northern train operating company provides most of these services.[3] The four main railway stations in Manchester city centre are Piccadilly, Victoria, Oxford Road and Deansgate which all form part of the Manchester station group.

Most services run to or through one of Manchester city centre's major stations, Manchester Victoria and Manchester Piccadilly. The network is effectively divided into two operating halves based on these stations,[2] although the opening of a connecting line in 1988 improved operational flexibility by joining the north and south halves.[4] This was further improved by the Ordsall Chord (opened to traffic on 10 December 2017).

Services radiate northwards from Manchester Victoria, providing stopping services to West Yorkshire and Liverpool as well as local suburban services to Rochdale and Wigan.[2] The south side's services radiate from Manchester Piccadilly and run to Manchester Airport, south Manchester, Cheshire, Staffordshire, Leeds, North East England, London and other major destinations.[2]

The region's rail network started to develop during the Industrial Revolution, when it was at the centre of a textile manufacturing boom.[5] Manchester was at the forefront of the railway building revolution during the Victorian era. The world's first passenger railway, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, opened on 15 September 1830.[2] Its original terminus, Liverpool Road railway station, was closed to passengers in 1844, but still exists and is the oldest surviving passenger station in the world.[6] Since the Beeching Axe many of Greater Manchester's stations have closed and many station facilities have been removed. Others, however, have been converted to the Manchester Metrolink, Greater Manchester's light-rail network, or preserved as part of the East Lancashire Railway heritage route.[b] The expansion of the Metrolink is set to continue at least through 2020, with the planned opening of the Trafford Park Line.[7][8] In October 2009, nine stations on the former Oldham Loop Line closed for conversion,[9] and future plans include the use of tram-trains to allow Metrolink to serve existing National Rail stations.[10]

Manchester Piccadilly, the principal station for the City of Manchester and busiest station in Greater Manchester by number of passengers.
Heavy rail commuter line map

In preparation for the 2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester Piccadilly, the principal station for the City of Manchester, was extensively redeveloped and as a consequence has been voted as having the highest customer satisfaction rating of all the main stations in the United Kingdom.[11] As of 2013, Manchester Victoria is under renovation with the construction of a new £20 million roof while Oxford Road will see redevelopment as a result of the Northern Hub plan in 2014. The construction of the Ordsall Chord linked Greater Manchester's three busiest stations for the first time in December 2017.

Railway stations currently in use

Station (and code) Borough Managed by Lines
served 		Year
opened 		Platforms Station
users
2015/16[12] 		Station
users
2016/17[12] 		Station
users
2017/18[12]
Altrincham (ALT) Trafford Northern Mid-Cheshire Line 1881[13] 2 + 2 Metrolink[c] 507,592 568,734 458,230
Ardwick (ADK) Manchester Northern Glossop Line
Hope Valley Line		 1842[13] 2 896 860 882
Ashburys (ABY) Manchester Northern Glossop Line
Hope Valley Line		 1846[13] 2 87,136 98,472 90,950
Ashton-under-Lyne (AHN) Tameside Northern Huddersfield Line 1846[14] 2 361,946 386,720 324,674
Atherton (ATN) Wigan Northern Manchester to Southport Line 1888[14] 2 436,000 338,164 295,810
Belle Vue (BLV) Manchester Northern Hope Valley Line 1875[13] 2 10,340 11,456 9,990
Blackrod (BLK) Bolton Northern Manchester to Preston Line 1841[14] 2 555,594 609,150 549,876
Bolton (BON) Bolton Northern Manchester to Southport Line
Ribble Valley Line
Manchester to Preston Line
TransPennine North West
West Coast Main Line		 1838[14] 5 2,866,316 3,240,136 2,950,294
Bramhall (BML) Stockport Northern Stafford to Manchester Line 1845[14] 2 289,976 302,912 297,848
Bredbury (BDY) Stockport Northern Hope Valley Line 1875[13] 2 211,006 214,500 215,798
Brinnington (BNT) Stockport Northern Hope Valley Line 1977[15] 2 78,548 79,512 83,442
Broadbottom (BDB) Tameside Northern Glossop Line 1842[13] 2 143,514 158,652 163,904
Bromley Cross (BMC) Bolton Northern Ribble Valley Line 1848[14] 2 291,754 360,602 311,434
Bryn (BYN) Wigan Northern Liverpool to Wigan Line 1869[14] 2 150,632 154,298 153,272
Burnage (BNA) Manchester Northern South TransPennine
Styal Line		 1910[13] 2 204,120 223,780 220,096
Castleton (CAS) Rochdale Northern Caldervale Line 1875[13] 2 148,262 170,024 167,114
Chassen Road (CSR) Trafford Northern Manchester to Liverpool Line 1934[14] 2 48,020 50,430 49,210
Cheadle Hulme (CHU) Stockport Northern Crewe to Manchester Line
Stafford to Manchester Line		 1845*[16] 4 785,174 861,360 870,058
Clifton (CLI) Salford Northern Manchester to Preston Line 1847[14] 2 116 352 280
Daisy Hill (DSY) Bolton Northern Manchester to Southport Line 1888[14] 2 336,540 298,322 285,998
Davenport (DVN) Stockport Northern Buxton Line
Hope Valley Line		 1858[13] 2 285,066 296,366 297,996
Deansgate (DGT) Manchester Northern Liverpool to Manchester Lines
Manchester to Preston Line
Stafford to Manchester Line
TransPennine North West		 1849[13] 2 + 3 Metrolink 390,445 420,938 419,696
Denton (DTN) Tameside Northern Stockport to Stalybridge Line 1851[14] 2 74 144 70
East Didsbury (EDY) Manchester Northern South TransPennine
Styal Line		 1909[13] 2 267,548 279,966 264,000
Eccles (ECC) Salford Northern Liverpool to Manchester Lines 1830[14] 2 161,298 190,518 162,820
Fairfield (FRF) Tameside Northern Hope Valley Line 1841[13] 2 24,554 33,968 37,860
Farnworth (FNW) Bolton Northern Manchester to Preston Line 1838[14] 2 13,166 38,408 36,922
Flixton (FLI) Trafford Northern Liverpool to Manchester Lines 1873[14] 2 103,654 130,442 132,528
Flowery Field (FLF) Tameside Northern Glossop Line 1985[15] 2 197,330 222,152 223,832
Gathurst (GST) Wigan Northern Manchester to Southport Line 1855[14] 2 86,976 97,870 92,888
Gatley (GTY) Stockport Northern South TransPennine
Styal Line		 1909[13] 2 320,370 356,506 346,242
Godley (GDL) Tameside Northern Glossop Line 1986[17] 2 73,182 82,954 90,164
Gorton (GTO) Manchester Northern Glossop Line
Hope Valley Line		 1842[13] 2 100,864 113,322 115,774
Greenfield (GNF) Oldham Northern Huddersfield Line 1849[14] 2 338,694 369,826 332,332
Guide Bridge (GUI) Tameside Northern Glossop Line
Hope Valley Line
Stockport to Stalybridge Line		 1846[13] 2 297,324 337,902 335,774
Hag Fold (HGF) Wigan Northern Manchester-Southport Line 1987[15] 2 51,582 50,212 44,708
Hale (HAL) Trafford Northern Mid-Cheshire Line 1862[13] 2 179,812 178,392 157,688
Hall i' th' Wood (HID) Bolton Northern Ribble Valley Line 1986[15] 2 116,428 157,280 142,832
Hattersley (HTY) Tameside Northern Glossop Line 1978[17] 2 64,320 78,956 88,926
Hazel Grove (HAZ) Stockport Northern Buxton Line
Hope Valley Line		 1857[14] 2 650,952 707,426 717,048
Heald Green (HDG) Stockport Northern South TransPennine
Styal Line
TransPennine North West		 1909[13] 2 474,766 507,318 489,672
Heaton Chapel (HTC) Stockport Northern Buxton Line
Crewe to Manchester Line
Stafford to Manchester Line		 1852[14] 2 757,190 837,228 835,032
Hindley (HIN) Wigan Northern Manchester to Southport Line 1848[14] 2 333,462 346,424 310,344
Horwich Parkway (HWI) Bolton Northern Manchester to Preston Line 1999[13] 2 599,916 639,192 580,308
Humphrey Park (HUP) Trafford Northern Liverpool to Manchester Lines 1984[18] 2 35,070 35,614 34,866
Hyde Central (HYC) Tameside Northern Hope Valley Line 1858[13] 2 81,512 97,422 101,984
Hyde North (HYT) Tameside Northern Hope Valley Line 1862[13] 2 43,992 48,644 48,680
Ince (INC) Wigan Northern Manchester to Southport Line 1863[14] 2 21,150 24,536 23,132
Irlam (IRL) Salford Northern Liverpool to Manchester Lines 1893[14] 2 305,590 362,358 343,886
Kearsley (KSL) Bolton Northern Manchester to Preston Line 1838[14] 2 15,512 34,908 36,752
Levenshulme (LVM) Manchester Northern Buxton Line
Crewe to Manchester Line
Stafford to Manchester Line		 1843[13] 2 512,654 592,638 576,854
Littleborough (LTL) Rochdale Northern Caldervale Line 1839[13] 2 391,896 411,078 420,880
Lostock (LOT) Bolton Northern Manchester to Preston Line 1988[15] 2 232,442 276,514 242,986
Manchester Airport (MIA) Manchester TransPennine Express North TransPennine
South TransPennine
Styal Line
TransPennine North West		 1993[15] 4 + 2 Metrolink 3,632,308 4,241,292 4,644,526
Manchester Oxford Road (MCO) Manchester Northern Chester to Manchester Line
Liverpool to Manchester Lines
Manchester to Preston Line
North TransPennine
Stafford to Manchester Line
TransPennine North West		 1849[13] 5 7,961,843 8,583,649 8,558,308
Manchester United (MUF) Trafford Northern Liverpool to Manchester Lines 1935[13] 1 N/A Only open on matchdays N/A Only open on matchdays N/A Only open on matchdays
Manchester Piccadilly (MAN) Manchester Network Rail Buxton Line
Chester to Manchester Line
Crewe to Manchester Line
CrossCountry
Glossop Line
Hope Valley Line
Liverpool to Manchester Lines
Manchester to Preston Line
Mid-Cheshire Line
North TransPennine
Stafford to Manchester Line
Styal Line
TransPennine North West
Welsh Marches Line
West Coast Main Line		 1842[13] 14 + 2 Metrolink 25,792,700 27,807,063 27,724,962
Manchester Victoria (MCV) Manchester Northern Caldervale Line
Huddersfield Line
Manchester to Liverpool Line
Manchester to Preston Line
Manchester to Southport Line
Ribble Valley Line		 1844[13] 6 + 4 Metrolink 7,630,480 8,226,407 8,202,118
Marple (MPL) Stockport Northern Hope Valley Line 1862[13] 2 454,858 470,158 480,132
Mauldeth Road (MAU) Manchester Northern South TransPennine
Styal Line		 1909[13] 2 356,798 398,882 379,964
Middlewood (MDL) Stockport Northern Buxton Line 1879[14] 2 27,950 24,824 25,226
Mills Hill (MIH) Rochdale Northern Caldervale Line 1985[15][d] 2 310,032 330,628 293,408
Moorside (MSD) Salford Northern Manchester to Southport Line 1888[14] 2 40,654 47,662 45,794
Moses Gate (MSS) Bolton Northern Manchester to Preston Line 1838[14] 2 10,354 21,882 19,030
Mossley (MSL) Tameside Northern Huddersfield Line 1849[14] 2 306,150 322,114 301,408
Moston (MSO) Manchester Northern Caldervale Line 1872[13] 2 71,732 68,174 55,688
Navigation Road (NVR) Trafford Northern Mid-Cheshire Line 1931[13] 1[e] 107,168 106,208 95,418
Newton for Hyde (NWN) Tameside Northern Glossop Line 1841[13] 2 176,812 180,436 175,770
Orrell (ORR) Wigan Northern Kirkby Branch Line 1848[14] 2 84,456 90,918 90,178
Patricroft (PAT) Salford Northern Liverpool to Manchester Lines 1830[14] 2 49,468 73,596 86,744
Pemberton (PEM) Wigan Northern Kirkby Branch Line 1848[14] 2 60,302 64,682 69,676
Reddish North (RDN) Stockport Northern Hope Valley Line 1875[13] 2 174,334 196,906 210,024
Reddish South (RDS) Stockport Northern Stockport to Stalybridge Line 1859[14] 1 38 94 104
Rochdale (RCD) Rochdale Northern Caldervale Line 1839[13] 3 + 2 Metrolink 1,134,418 1,247,330 1,236,316
Romiley (RML) Stockport Northern Hope Valley Line 1862[13] 2 301,172 328,722 338,342
Rose Hill Marple (RSH) Stockport Northern Hope Valley Line 1869[13] 1 145,366 159,106 174,306
Ryder Brow (RRB) Manchester Northern Hope Valley Line 1985[15] 2 27,078 30,266 30,182
Salford Central (SFD) Salford Northern Manchester to Preston Line
Manchester to Southport Line
Ribble Valley Line		 1838[13] 2 411,830 483,104 627,852
Salford Crescent (SLD) Salford Northern Manchester to Preston Line
Manchester to Southport Line
Ribble Valley Line
TransPennine North West		 1987[15] 2 955,878 1,148,814 1,141,368
Smithy Bridge (SMB) Rochdale Northern Caldervale Line 1985[15] 2 149,152 167,822 166,542
Stalybridge (SYB) Tameside TransPennine Express Huddersfield Line
North TransPennine
Stockport to Stalybridge Line		 1845[13] 5 1,128,900 1,150,886 1,150,310
Stockport (SPT) Stockport Avanti West Coast Buxton Line
Crewe to Manchester Line
CrossCountry
Hope Valley Line
Mid-Cheshire Line
South TransPennine
Stafford to Manchester Line
Stockport to Stalybridge Line
West Coast Main Line		 1843[13] 6 3,586,032 3,781,718 3,853,208
Strines (SRN) Stockport Northern Hope Valley Line 1866 2 26,074 26,332 24,052
Swinton (SNN) Salford Northern Manchester to Southport Line 1887[14] 2 132,684 137,362 138,412
Trafford Park (TRA) Trafford Northern Liverpool to Manchester Lines 1904[14] 2 61,512 64,712 54,870
Urmston (URM) Trafford Northern Liverpool to Manchester Lines 1873[14] 2 324,402 380,586 375,140
Walkden (WKD) Salford Northern Manchester to Southport Line 1888[13] 2 339,942 300,710 283,572
Westhoughton (WHG) Bolton Northern Manchester to Southport Line 1848[14] 2 129,344 194,752 177,092
Wigan North Western (WGN) Wigan Avanti West Coast Blackpool to Liverpool Line
Liverpool to Wigan Line
West Coast Main Line		 1838[13] 6 1,380,716 1,620,278 1,583,812
Wigan Wallgate (WGW) Wigan Northern Kirkby Branch Line
Manchester to Southport Line		 1896[13] 3 1,576,106 1,493,308 1,459,698
Woodley (WLY) Stockport Northern Hope Valley Line 1862[14] 2 53,856 60,882 63,556
Woodsmoor (WSR) Stockport Northern Buxton Line
Hope Valley Line		 1990[15] 2 232,954 253,746 273,890

See also

Footnotes

a The total of 98 given at www.gmpte.com excludes Reddish South and Denton, which have one service per week, but includes Dean Lane, Failsworth, Hollinwood, Oldham Werneth, Oldham Mumps, Derker, Shaw and Crompton, New Hey and Milnrow, which closed on 3 October 2009.
b Of the stations on the East Lancashire Railway operational as of the 2015 season, three (Bury Bolton Street, Heywood and Summerseat) are located within Greater Manchester.[19]
c Two other platforms are used by Manchester Metrolink services.[20][21]
d Originally opened in 1839 and closed in 1842. Reopened 25 March 1985 on the same site.[15]
e One other platform is used by Metrolink services.[22]

References

  1. ^ GMPTE (Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive) (n.d.). "GMPTE - Trains". gmpte.com. Archived from the original on 15 December 2006. Retrieved 13 September 2007.
  2. ^ a b c d e Roughley, Malcolm (1986). Railways in Greater Manchester (1974-1986); Volume One. M.R. Roughley. ISBN 0-9511246-0-9.
  3. ^ "Network Map" (PDF). Northern Rail Network Map. FWT (part of the Cook Hammond & Kell Group). 22 March 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2008. Retrieved 13 September 2008.
  4. ^ Sanderson, Kathy (1989). "Manchester–Glossop–Hadfield". In Andrew Macfarlane (ed.). Peaks and Plains by Rail. Railway Development Society. Norwich: Jarrold Colour Publications. p. 42. ISBN 0-7117-0429-5.
  5. ^ Clarke, John (1976). Railways: It Happened Round Greater Manchester. Greater Manchester Council.
  6. ^ "About us". Science and Industry Museum. 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Metrolink second city crossing 'vital' for Manchester". BBC News. 8 June 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  8. ^ "Trafford Park Line". TFGM Website. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Oldham Loop rail line closure" (PDF). GMPTE information poster. Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive. September 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2009.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ Charlotte Cox (22 January 2015). "Transport bosses reveal plans to use special 'tram-train' to connect Stockport to Metrolink system". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  11. ^ "Revamped station tops train poll". BBC. bbc.co.uk. 2 August 2007. Retrieved 1 December 2007.
  12. ^ a b c "Station usage". Office of Rail Regulation. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  13. ^ 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 aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  14. ^ 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 aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai Brackenbury, Allan (2005). Railway passenger stations in Greater Manchester: a chronology. Cheadle: Railway and Canal Historical Society North West Group.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Alan Bevan, ed. (1998). A—Z of Rail Reopenings. Railway Development Society. Warwick: Warwick Printing Company. ISBN 0-901283-13-4.
  16. ^ Reid, T. D. W.; Lee, Irene (1979). Cheadle in 1851. Stockport Libraries. p. 40. ISBN 0-905164-00-8.
  17. ^ a b Sanderson, Kathy (1989). "Manchester–Glossop–Hadfield". In Andrew Macfarlane (ed.). Peaks and Plains by Rail. Railway Development Society. Norwich: Jarrold Colour Publications. p. 34. ISBN 0-7117-0429-5.
  18. ^ Macfarlane, Andrew (1989). "Manchester–Warrington–Liverpool". In Andrew Macfarlane (ed.). Peaks and Plains by Rail. Railway Development Society. Norwich: Jarrold Colour Publications. p. 43. ISBN 0-7117-0429-5.
  19. ^ "Timetables and Information 2015". East Lancashire Railway. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  20. ^ "Station Facilities for Altrincham". National Rail Enquiries website. ATOC (Association of Train Operating Companies) Ltd. 2008. Retrieved 10 September 2008.
  21. ^ "Metrolink in the City Centre". Light Rail Transit Association website. Tony Williams, Manchester Area Officer, Light Rail Transit Association. 14 August 2008. Archived from the original on 31 December 2008. Retrieved 19 September 2008.
  22. ^ "Station Facilities for Navigation Road". National Rail Enquiries website. ATOC Ltd. 2008. Retrieved 10 September 2008.

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