Mills Hill railway station

Mills Hill
Location
Place	Middleton
Local authority	Rochdale
Coordinates	53°33′04″N 2°10′18″W / 53.5511°N 2.1717°WCoordinates: 53°33′04″N 2°10′18″W / 53.5511°N 2.1717°W
Grid reference	SD887060
Operations
Station code	MIH
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*
2010/11	0.283 million
2011/12	0.341 million
2012/13	0.326 million
2013/14	0.303 million
2014/15	0.314 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Greater Manchester
History
Original company	Manchester and Leeds Railway
4 July 1839	Original station opened
11 August 1842	Closed
25 March 1985	Current station opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Mills Hill from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Mills Hill railway station is in the Mills Hill area of Middleton in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale,^[1] in Greater Manchester, England. The station is 5¾ miles (9 km) north of Manchester Victoria on the Caldervale Line. Mills Hill lies on Middleton's common boundary with Chadderton,^[1] and thus serves both communities.

During the temporary closure of the Oldham Loop line for its conversion to Metrolink light rail (2009–12) the station acted as an informal railhead for much of the borough of Oldham.

History

The original station opened on 4 July 1839^[2] before the completion of the branches to Middleton and Oldham, and closed on 11 August 1842^[2] when these were opened. The current station opened on 25 March 1985^[2] by British Rail at the same point as the original.

Services

On Monday to Saturday daytimes, there is a half-hourly service to Manchester Victoria southbound (with an hourly extension to Wigan) and Todmorden northbound. Since the December 2008 timetable change,^[3] alternate northbound trains continue eastwards to Leeds via Dewsbury or to Blackburn via Burnley (the latter service commencing at the May 2015 timetable change).

In the evenings there is a half hourly service to Manchester Victoria and hourly to Leeds via Bradford and to Blackburn, whilst on Sundays an hourly service operates in each direction to Manchester & Blackburn.^[4]

Notes

1. Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (2008-04-30), Network Maps: Oldham (PDF), gmpte.com, archived from the original (PDF) on April 14, 2008, retrieved 2008-07-28
2. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 160. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
3. Northern Rail Proposed December 2008 Timetable West Yorks PTA website; Accessed 2008-12-18
4. GB NRT May - Dec 2015, Table 41

References

• The Manchester and Leeds Railway by Martin Bairstow

External links

• Train times and station information for Mills Hill railway station from National Rail

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