Patricroft railway station
![]() Patricroft railway station in 2014. | |
Location | Patricroft, Salford England |
Grid reference | SJ763987 |
Managed by | Northern Trains |
Transit authority | Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | PAT |
Classification | DfT category F2 |
History | |
Opened | 1830 |
Passengers | |
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Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Patricroft railway station is in the Patricroft district of Eccles, Greater Manchester, England. The station is on Green Lane, just north of the junction with Cromwell Road and just east of the Bridgewater Canal. It is situated 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Manchester Victoria on the former Liverpool and Manchester Railway, which was electrified in stages between 2013 and 2015.
It is the closest railway station to the Worsley village area.
History[]
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The station is situated on the world's first inter-city passenger railway, between Liverpool and Manchester, and is also located close to the world's first commercial canal. The station used to have an adjacent engine shed, , which was located to the rear of the Manchester-bound platform on the northern side of the station. The engine shed opened in 1884 and closed in 1968.[1] The majority of the station buildings were demolished in the 1980s, with only a waiting shelter remaining on each platform.[2]
Facilities[]
The station is unstaffed and has no permanent buildings; it does now though have ticket machines in place to allow passengers to buy tickets (or a permit to travel) prior to boarding. Train running information is provided by telephone, digital PIS screens and timetable posters. The platforms are linked by subway, but neither have step-free access as the subway has stairs from the station entrance to platform level.[3]
Services[]
Monday to Saturdays there is generally an hourly service from the station to Crewe via Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport eastbound, and Newton-le-Willows and Liverpool Lime Street westbound. These are operated by the Northern Electrics Class 319 and Class 323 EMUs on a stopping service between Liverpool and Manchester. Services to and from Manchester Victoria are now very limited (peak periods and late evenings) since the May 2018 timetable change.[4]
The Sunday service is the same, although trains operate to Wilmslow via Piccadilly and the Airport.
Gallery[]
The new overhead electrification is operational in 2014.
An Arriva Trains Wales Class 175 passes through the station.
The station is served by an underpass, rather than a footbridge.
A First TransPennine Express Class 350 passes through the station with an express electric service.
References[]
- ^ Shed Bash UK - Patricroft 1946-1952 shedbashuk.blogspot.co.uk; Retrieved 2014-06-01
- ^ Friends of Patricroft Station - History www.frops.org.uk; Retrieved 2014-06-01
- ^ Patricroft station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 22 December 2016
- ^ Table 90 National Rail timetable, December 2019
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Patricroft railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Patricroft railway station from National Rail
- Friends of Patricroft Station - campaign group for improvements to the railway station
- The station on a 1948 OD map via npe maps
- The station on an 1849 OS map via National Library of Scotland
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- Railway stations in Salford
- Former London and North Western Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1830
- Northern franchise railway stations
- 1830 establishments in England
- Eccles, Greater Manchester