Salford Crescent railway station

Salford Crescent
for University of Salford
Salford Crescent station in 2010
Location
Place	Salford
Local authority	City of Salford
Grid reference	SJ818988
Operations
Station code	SLD
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	C2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.583 million
2005/06	0.671 million
2006/07	0.830 million
2007/08	0.876 million
2008/09	1.331 million
2009/10	1.374 million
2010/11	1.423 million
2011/12	1.548 million
2012/13	1.141 million
2013/14	1.077 million
2014/15	1.038 million
- Interchange	0.352 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Greater Manchester
History
Key dates	Opened May 1987
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Salford Crescent from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Salford Crescent railway station in Salford, Greater Manchester, England opened by British Rail in 1987.

The station is 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Salford Central, 1.75 miles (2.82 km) west of Manchester Victoria and 2.25 miles (3.62 km) west of Manchester Piccadilly. It consists of a single island platform with a ticket office and waiting room.

The station is near the University of Salford, between the Peel Park and Frederick Road Campus.

Salford Crescent is the point of a split in the Manchester-Preston Line, with local services running on to Manchester Victoria and long-distance services going to Manchester Piccadilly, and is also part of the line between Manchester and Southport, frequently being used as an interchange between the two lines. Manchester North signalling centre was formerly located at the station, prior to its closure in April 2015.^[1][2]

Services

Eastbound: frequent services operate to Manchester Piccadilly, mostly continuing to either Manchester Airport or Hazel Grove and to Manchester Victoria, with certain services extending to either Stalybridge or Blackburn via Todmorden and Burnley Manchester Road.

Westbound: Northern services operate to Bolton, Clitheroe, Wigan Wallgate (via Atherton as well as via Bolton), Kirkby and Southport, whilst First TransPennine Express operate a limited number of services to Barrow-in-Furness and to & Windermere. Both First TransPennine and Northern operate to Blackpool North and Preston, though TPE services will end when the new Northern franchise agreement comes into effect in April 2016 (Arriva Rail North will take over operation of all services to Blackpool, Barrow & Windermere under the new franchising arrangements).^[3]

Connecting bus routes

Salford Crescent is served by Stagecoach Manchester's service 50, a cross-city bus service between East Didsbury and MediaCityUK.^[4] Services 8, 31, 36, 37, 67 and 100 also stop outside the station and run to Manchester, terminating at either Piccadilly Gardens or Shudehill Interchange. Services also head towards Bolton, Eccles, Swinton, Trafford Centre, Warrington and Farnworth.^[5]

Improvements

In 2007, Network Rail recognised that Salford Crescent could not cope with existing passenger levels, leading to platform overcrowding.^[6] It suggested expansion of the station with extra platforms, greater use of it as an interchange and use as a terminus for services from east of Manchester. It also raised the possibility of relocating the station.

In 2012, improvement work started at the station, including platform extensions, a new rain canopy and the relocation of the ticket office to street level.^[7] The works were completed in October 2013 and officially opened by Mayor of Salford Ian Stewart.

Notes

1. Friends of Walkden Station - Signal Box history FOWS website article; Retrieved 2009-04-29
2. Easter closure at Manchester Victoria for signalling transferRailway Technology Magazine 1 April 2015; Retrieved 8 September 2015
3. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/407939/northern-and-tpe-stakeholder-briefing-document-and-consultation-response.pdf "Transforming the North’s Railways Northern Rail Franchise, TransPennine Express Rail Franchise; Stakeholder Briefing Document and Consultation Response"; Department for Transport; Retrieved 3 February 2016
4. "Stagecoach Bus - CityConnect-50". Stagecoach Manchester. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
5. "Transport for Greater Manchester - Journey Planning - Network Maps". Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
6. Network Rail North West RUS Network Rail website; retrieved 2009-04-29
7. £12 million upgrade starts on overcrowded Salford Crescent stationManchester Evening News article 16 October 2012

External links

• Train times and station information for Salford Crescent railway station from National Rail

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Coordinates: 53°29′11″N 2°16′33″W / 53.48639°N 2.27583°W