Patricroft railway station

Patricroft
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	20,471
2006/07	22,440
2007/08	22,516
2008/09	30,196
2009/10	33,766
2010/11	39,092
2011/12	44,684
2012/13	42,946
2013/14	43,852
2014/15	39,298
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive
National Rail – UK railway stations
* 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.
UK Railways portal

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

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  The new overhead electrification is operational in 2014.

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  An Arriva Trains Wales Class 175 passes through the station.

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  The station is served by an underpass, rather than a footbridge.

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  A First TransPennine Express Class 350 passes through the station with an express electric service.

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

• Train times and station information for Patricroft railway station from National Rail
• Friends of Patricroft Station - campaign group for improvements to the railway station
• The station on a 1948 OD map via npe maps
• The station on an 1849 OS map via National Library of Scotland

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