Patricroft railway station

Patricroft National Rail

Patricroft railway station in 2014.
Location
Place Patricroft
Local authority Salford
Grid reference SJ763987
Operations
Station code PAT
Managed by Northern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05   16,945
2005/06 Increase 20,471
2006/07 Increase 22,440
2007/08 Increase 22,516
2008/09 Increase 30,196
2009/10 Increase 33,766
2010/11 Increase 39,092
2011/12 Increase 44,684
2012/13 Decrease 42,946
2013/14 Increase 43,852
2014/15 Decrease 39,298
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PTE Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Patricroft from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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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 unstaffed and passengers must buy their tickets on the train or at their destination station.

It is the closest railway station to the Worsley village area.

History

A 1905 Railway Clearing House Junction diagram showing (upper right) railways in the vicinity of Patricroft

The station is situated on the world's first inter-city passenger railway, between Liverpool and Manchester, and is also located close to the worlds first commercial canal. The station used to have an adjacent engine shed, Patricroft MPD, 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]

Services

Monday to Saturdays there is generally an hourly service from the station to Manchester Victoria eastbound, and Newton-le-Willows and Liverpool Lime Street westbound. These are operated by the Northern Electrics Class 319 on a stopping service between Liverpool and Manchester.

There is no Sunday service.

Gallery

References

  1. Shed Bash UK - Patricroft 1946-1952 shedbashuk.blogspot.co.uk; Retrieved 2014-06-01
  2. Friends of Patricroft Station - History www.frops.org.uk; Retrieved 2014-06-01

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Patricroft railway station.
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Newton-le-Willows   Northern Electrics
Liverpool to Manchester Line
  Eccles
Historical railways
Barton Moss
Line open, station closed
  London and North Western Railway
Liverpool and Manchester Railway
  Eccles
Line and station open

Salford Lines

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 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 Bridge
Broadway
Cross Lane | Pendleton
MediaCityUK
Harbour City
Salford Crescent
Anchorage
Salford Docks
Salford Quays
Windsor Link
Exchange Quay
Ordsall Lane | Oldfield Road
to Manchester (Metrolink)

Ordsall Chord(under construction)
Salford Central
to Manchester (Deansgate)
to Manchester (Victoria)

Coordinates: 53°29′06″N 2°21′25″W / 53.485°N 2.357°W / 53.485; -2.357


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