Trafford Park railway station

Trafford Park
Location
Place	Stretford
Local authority	Trafford
Coordinates	53°27′17″N 2°18′42″W / 53.4547°N 2.3117°WCoordinates: 53°27′17″N 2°18′42″W / 53.4547°N 2.3117°W
Grid reference	SJ794953
Operations
Station code	TRA
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*
2004/05	27,807
2005/06	29,317
2006/07	34,690
2007/08	34,630
2008/09	43,896
2009/10	44,596
2010/11	46,880
2011/12	44,524
2012/13	39,408
2013/14	43,586
2014/15	49,324
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Greater Manchester
History
Original company	Cheshire Lines Committee
Pre-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
Post-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
4 January 1904	Opened as Trafford Park
?	Renamed Trafford Park and Stretford
6 May 1974	Renamed Trafford Park
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Trafford Park from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Trafford Park railway station is in Trafford Park, to the north of Stretford in the Trafford Metropolitan Borough of Greater Manchester in the northwest of England. The station, and all services calling there, are operated by Northern.

History

The station was opened on 4 January 1904 by the Cheshire Lines Committee.^[1] Originally named Trafford Park, it was later renamed Trafford Park and Stretford but reverted to Trafford Park on 6 May 1974.^[1][2]

Facilities

Station building

The station building, at street level, is now used as an office by a taxi company. The platforms are elevated and reached by steps. The station is unstaffed.^[3]

Services

Services run every two hours in each direction, towards Humphrey Park and Liverpool Lime Street to the west and towards Deansgate and Manchester Oxford Road in the east. Extra half-hourly services call at this station during the peak-hours, however there is no Sunday service.^[4]

Oxford Road can be reached in 7 minutes and Liverpool Lime Street in 56 minutes.

References

1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 233. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
2. Slater, J. N., ed. (July 1974). "Notes and News: Stations renamed by LMR". Railway Magazine (London: IPC Transport Press Ltd) 120 (879): 363. ISSN 0033-8923.
3. Trafford Park (TRA), National Rail, retrieved 11 August 2010
4. GB eNRT, December 2015-May 2016 Edition, Table 89

External links

• Train times and station information for Trafford Park railway station from National Rail