Acton Bridge railway station

Acton Bridge
Location
Place	Acton Bridge
Local authority	Borough of Cheshire West and Chester
Coordinates	53°15′59″N 2°36′10″W / 53.2664°N 2.6029°WCoordinates: 53°15′59″N 2°36′10″W / 53.2664°N 2.6029°W
Grid reference	SJ598745
Operations
Station code	ACB
Managed by	London Midland
Number of platforms	3
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	2,709
2005/06	4,162
2006/07	8,913
2007/08	11,373
2008/09	14,480
2009/10	13,658
2010/11	17,242
2011/12	20,044
2012/13	15,732
2013/14	16,612
2014/15	17,486
History
4 July 1837	Station opens as Acton
1 July 1870	Station renamed Acton Bridge
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Acton Bridge from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Acton Bridge railway station is near the village of Acton Bridge, Cheshire, in the northwest of England.

The station, and all the trains that stop here, are operated by London Midland on their service between Liverpool - Crewe, Stafford and Birmingham. However, the majority of trains pass through the station without stopping.^[1]

Acton Bridge still does not have any trains on a Sunday which call, but trains still pass through non-stop on the West Coast Main Line towards both Liverpool and Preston. A near normal service operates on most bank holidays however.

Services to London and Scotland do not stop at Acton Bridge but passengers for London can change at Crewe or Runcorn and passengers for Scotland can also change at Crewe or alternately travel westwards via Runcorn's mainline station, and then travel to Runcorn East station and then get the train to Warrington Bank Quay or passengers can also travel to Warrington Central via a change at Liverpool South Parkway or passengers can also travel via a change at Liverpool Lime Street.

2,709 passengers are recorded as using the station in 2004-5.^[2]

The station is un-staffed; its gardens are maintained by volunteers from Acton Bridge Women's Institute, and won a Commendation in the 2003 JPD 'Best Kept Station' competition. In March 2015, a PERTIS self-service passenger-operated ticket machine remains in service here, and is located in the booking hall.

History

The station opened as Acton by the Grand Junction Railway but was renamed Acton Bridge in 1870. After merging into the London and North Western Railway, the company became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Regional Railways until the privatisation of British Railways. Trains of the Intercity Sector passed on the West Coast Main Line.

When British Rail was privatised Acton Bridge was served by Central Trains until 2007 and then served by London Midland.

Services

Acton Bridge is served by London Midland trains running between Birmingham New Street and Liverpool Lime Street, although the service is infrequent. Currently there is around 10 trains a day in each direction, The service frequency can vary from every 30 minutes to every 4 hours depending on the time of day, But extra services call here at Peak times but at all other times, there are large gaps in between trains,

Gallery

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  Acton Bridge in December 2010.

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  Acton Bridge in 1961.

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  Down express north of Acton Bridge in 1962.

References

1. http://www.londonmidland.com/download/64291.5/liverpool-crewe-stafford-wolverhampton-birmingham/
2. : Office of Rail Regulation Retrieved 2012-01-13

• Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
• Station on navigable O.S. map

External links

• Train times and station information for Acton Bridge railway station from National Rail