Salford Crescent railway station

Salford Crescent for University of Salford
Salford Crescent railway station in 2014
Location	Salford, City of Salford England
Grid reference	SJ818988
Managed by	Northern Trains
Transit authority	Greater Manchester
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SLD
Classification	DfT category C2
History
Original company	British Rail
Key dates
11 May 1987 (1987-05-11)	Station opened
Passengers
2015/16	0.956 million
Interchange	0.379 million
2016/17	1.149 million
Interchange	0.346 million
2017/18	1.141 million
Interchange	0.305 million
2018/19	1.288 million
Interchange	0.630 million
2019/20	1.442 million
Interchange	0.516 million
Location
Wikimedia | © OpenStreetMap
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Salford Crescent railway station is a railway station in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, opened by British Rail in 1987.

The station is 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Salford Central, 1.75 miles (2.82 km) west of Manchester Victoria and 2.25 miles (3.62 km) west of Manchester Piccadilly. It consists of a single island platform with a ticket office and waiting room.

The station is near the University of Salford, between the Peel Park and Frederick Road Campus.

Salford Crescent is the point of a split in the Manchester-Preston Line, with local services running on to Manchester Victoria and long-distance services going to Manchester Piccadilly (via the 1988 Windsor Link to Ordsall Lane Junction), and is also part of the line between Manchester and Southport, frequently being used as an interchange between the two lines. Manchester North signalling centre was formerly located at the station, prior to its closure in April 2015.^[1][2] Ticket gates have been in operation at the station since 2016.

Services[]

Eastbound: frequent services operate to Manchester Piccadilly, mostly continuing to either Manchester Airport, Hazel Grove or Alderley Edge and to Manchester Victoria, with many services extending to either Stalybridge, Rochdale, Blackburn via Todmorden and Burnley Manchester Road or Leeds via Brighouse.^[3]

Westbound: Northern Trains services operate to Bolton, Clitheroe, Wigan Wallgate via Atherton, Wigan North Western (limited service), Kirkby (not evenings or Sundays), Southport, Preston and Blackpool North

First TransPennine Express used to run the services from Manchester Airport to Blackpool North, Windermere & Barrow but this was passed on to the new Northern franchise on 1 April 2016. Barrow and Windermere services now run via Wigan N.W and do not call here.

Engineering work on the (heavily delayed) Manchester to Preston Line electrification project has seen all weekend services here suspended (and replaced by buses) for much of 2017-18 (through trains being diverted via Eccles and the West Coast Main Line) - these blockades continued until November 2018.

Electric Service commenced on Monday 11 February 2019 utilising Class 319 Electric Multiple Units.

Connecting bus routes[]

Salford Crescent is served by Stagecoach Manchester's service 50, a cross-city bus service between East Didsbury and MediaCityUK.^[4] Services 8, 31, 36, 37, 67 and 100 also stop outside the station and run to Manchester, terminating at either Piccadilly Gardens or Shudehill Interchange. Services also head towards Bolton, Eccles, Swinton, Pendlebury, Trafford Centre, Warrington and Farnworth.^[5]

Improvements[]

In 2007, Network Rail recognised that Salford Crescent could not cope with existing passenger levels, leading to platform overcrowding.^[6] It suggested expansion of the station with extra platforms, greater use of it as an interchange and use as a terminus for services from east of Manchester. It also raised the possibility of moving the station.

In 2012, improvement work started at the station, including platform extensions, a new rain canopy and the relocation of the ticket office to street level.^[7] The works were completed in October 2013 and officially opened by Mayor of Salford, Ian Stewart.

The station in 2010, prior to the improvement works.

Electrification[]

The station in early 2018, undergoing electrification works

The station in early 2018, undergoing electrification works

Although it does not include the line via Atherton to Wigan, the main line connecting Manchester stations to Preston and Blackpool passing through Salford Crescent is being electrified. The physical-civil engineering work was hit by a number of delays which delayed its completion by two years.^[8] The first electric test trains ran on the night of 13 December 2018,^[9] and the first electric passenger services commenced in early February 2019, utilising Class 319 electric multiple units.

Facilities[]

The station's ticket office is manned throughout the week (06:30 to 21:45 weekdays and Saturdays, 09:10 to 16:00 on Sundays) and there is a self-service ticket machine in the booking hall. A waiting room, digital information screens and automated announcements are provided at platform level. Step-free access is via a lift from the road bridge and ticket hall (there is also a staircase to the platform).^[10]

Notes[]

External links[]

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• Train times and station information for Salford Crescent railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Bolton		Northern Trains Manchester-Preston Line		Salford Central or Deansgate
Bolton		Northern Trains Ribble Valley Line		Salford Central
Kearsley or Clifton or Bolton or Swinton		Northern Trains Manchester-Wigan Wallgate		Salford Central
Swinton or Kearsley or Clifton or Bolton Interchange		Northern Trains Manchester-Southport Line		Salford Central
Swinton		Northern Trains Manchester-Kirkby		Salford Central
Bolton		Northern Connect Blackpool North - Manchester Airport		Deansgate
	Historical railways
Pendleton Line open, station closed		Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway		Line open, station closed

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Legend
Past, present and future
to Wigan Wallgate   to Bolton Great Moor Street to Wigan North Western   Little Hulton Ellenbrook Walkden Low Level Walkden High Level to Liverpool Lime Street Moorside to Bolton Barton Moss Worsley Swinton Dixon Fold Patricroft   Monton Green Pendlebury to Bury Irlams-o'-th'-Height Eccles Eccles   Clifton Junction Ladywell   Agecroft Bridge Weaste Weaste Brindle Heath Jct Agecroft Jct Langworthy Seedley Pendleton Pendleton Bridge Broadway Cross Lane MediaCityUK Harbour City   Salford Crescent Anchorage Salford Docks Salford Quays Windsor Link Exchange Quay Ordsall Lane   Oldfield Road Metrolink to Manchester Ordsall Chord Salford Central to Manchester Deansgate to Manchester Victoria

Coordinates: 53°29′11″N 2°16′33″W / 53.48639°N 2.27583°W / 53.48639; -2.27583