Appley Bridge railway station
Appley Bridge | |
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Location | |
Place | Appley Bridge |
Local authority | West Lancashire |
Grid reference | SD524093 |
Operations | |
Station code | APB |
Managed by | Northern |
Number of platforms | 2 |
DfT category | F1 |
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
Annual rail passenger usage* | |
2004/05 | 0.146 million |
2005/06 | 0.172 million |
2006/07 | 0.174 million |
2007/08 | 0.178 million |
2008/09 | 0.206 million |
2009/10 | 0.220 million |
2010/11 | 0.226 million |
2011/12 | 0.237 million |
2012/13 | 0.241 million |
2013/14 | 0.242 million |
2014/15 | 0.243 million |
Passenger Transport Executive | |
PTE | Greater Manchester |
History | |
9 April 1855 | Station opens |
National Rail – UK railway stations | |
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Appley Bridge from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
UK Railways portal |
Appley Bridge railway station serves the villages of Appley Bridge (Lancashire) and Shevington (Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester) in England. The station is 4 1⁄2 miles (7.2 km) north west of Wigan Wallgate on the Manchester-Southport Line. The station itself is in the Lancashire side of the village, but it is supported by the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive and as such within the GMPTE ticketing zone. It is operated by Northern.
The main stone-built station building survives adjacent to the Wigan-bound platform, but is now in use for non-railway purposes (as a public house), modest shelters now being provided on both platforms for rail travellers.
History
The station was built by the Manchester and Southport Railway and opened on 9 April 1855, and from January 1885 was part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR). The main stone-built station building (no longer in use) was built during this time, in the standard L&YR style. The L&YR amalgamated with the London and North Western Railway on 1 January 1922 and in turn was grouped into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1923. Nationalisation followed in 1948. When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways until the privatisation of British Rail.
A Greater Manchester Council landfill site & transfer terminal was formerly located a short distance west of the station, served by a siding connection from the up (eastbound) line. This received regular trainloads of domestic waste from terminals in and around Manchester from the early 1980s up until 1995, when the site reached capacity and was closed. The defunct siding is still intact and is visible from passing trains.
Services
Monday to Saturday daytimes, there are two trains an hour to Southport westbound and to Wigan. Beyond Wigan, services run alternately to Manchester Victoria via Atherton (some continue eastwards to Stalybridge and points east) and to Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport via Bolton Interchange. After 19:30 the service drops to hourly each way.[1]
On Sundays there is an hourly service to Southport and Stockport via Manchester Piccadilly. Alternate Stockport trains continue on to Hazel Grove or Chester via Altrincham.
See also
References
- ↑ Great Britain eNRT December 2015 Edition, Table 82
- 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.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Appley Bridge railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Appley Bridge railway station from National Rail
- Station on navigable O.S. map.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Parbold | Northern Manchester-Southport Line or Manchester Airport-Southport |
Gathurst or Wigan Wallgate |
Coordinates: 53°34′44″N 2°43′08″W / 53.579°N 2.719°W