Swinton (Manchester) railway station

Swinton
Location
Place	Swinton
Local authority	Salford
Grid reference	SD777020
Operations
Station code	SNN
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	122,230
2011/12	153,452
2012/13	138,058
2013/14	138,006
2014/15	126,208
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Greater Manchester
History
Key dates	Opened 1889
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Swinton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Swinton railway station serves the town of Swinton and Pendlebury in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England.

Swinton is one of the local stations that lie on the Manchester to Southport Line between Wigan and Manchester. The station is located 5 miles 4 chains (8.1 km) west of Manchester Victoria^[1] with regular Northern services to these towns as well as Salford, Atherton and Hindley, with onward trains to Wigan, Kirkby and Southport. It opened along with the line to passenger trains in 1889

Although the station is in the City of Salford, rather than Manchester, the name "Swinton (Manchester)" is used by National Rail to refer to the station (to avoid confusion with Swinton railway station in South Yorkshire). The station is actually located in Pendlebury and not Swinton itself, the boundary between the two districts being about 40 yards further down Station Road (B5231), beyond the junction with Boundary Road and nearer the town centre.

Swinton railway station has relatively basic facilities. For example, the ticket office is only open until 2.00pm, after this time one must purchase tickets on board the train. A screen in the booking hall lists live departure times of the trains showing any delays or cancellations, and screens are also now installed in the centre of the island platform showing live train departure information to commuters waiting on the platforms. An intercom type unit is also installed on the platform which passengers can use in the event of an emergency or if they need help or information when the station is unstaffed.

Service

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

Monday to Saturday daytimes, two trains per hour go southbound towards Manchester Victoria and two per hour towards Wigan Wallgate (hourly onwards to Southport and Kirkby northbound.^[2]

During the evenings there is an hourly service in each direction to Manchester Victoria and Wigan.

A normal service operates on most bank holidays.

Reinstatement of Sunday service

During much of the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, there were no Sunday services serving Swinton. After several years of successful lobbying from passenger user groups and station friends' groups, Northern introduced a 12-month trial Sunday service beginning on 23 May 2010 with the funding support from GMPTE.

The service still continues to operate as of March 2016 and is included in the new Northern Rail franchise agreement due to come into effect in April 2016.

References

1. Yonge, John (March 2005) [1990]. Jacobs, Gerald, ed. Railway Track Diagrams 4: Midlands & North West (2nd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 48A. ISBN 0-9549866-0-1.
2. Great Britain eNRT December 2015 Edition, Table 82

External links

• Train times and station information for Swinton (Manchester) railway station from National Rail
• Friends of Walkden Station - One of the main lobbying groups

Salford Lines
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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°30′53″N 2°20′12″W / 53.5148°N 2.3367°W