Salford Central railway station
Salford Central | |
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The glass frontage of the station | |
Location | |
Place | Salford |
Local authority | City of Salford |
Coordinates | 53°28′58″N 2°15′21″W / 53.48278°N 2.25583°W / 53.48278; -2.25583Coordinates: 53°28′58″N 2°15′21″W / 53.48278°N 2.25583°W / 53.48278; -2.25583 |
Grid reference | SJ831984 |
Operations | |
Station code | SFD |
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* | |
2012/13 | 0.321 million |
2013/14 | 0.316 million |
2014/15 | 0.380 million |
2015/16 | 0.412 million |
2016/17 | 0.483 million |
Passenger Transport Executive | |
PTE | Transport for Greater Manchester |
History | |
Original company | Manchester, Bolton and Bury Railway |
Pre-grouping | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
29 May 1838 | Opened as Salford |
April 1858 | Renamed Salford (New Bailey Street) |
August 1865 | Renamed Salford |
3 October 1988 | Renamed Salford Central |
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 Central from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
UK Railways portal |
Salford Central railway station in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, close to Spinningfields and Deansgate. It is served by trains to and from Manchester Victoria, towards Rochdale and Wigan Wallgate.
Contents
1 History
2 Location
3 Facilities
4 Services
5 Future development
6 References
6.1 Bibliography
7 External links
History
The railway station opened on 29 May 1838 as a terminus on the Manchester and Bolton Railway and was originally named Salford railway station.[1] In 1843, a connection to Manchester Victoria was built, carried on iron columns. The roof suffered from corrosion caused by the sulphurous emissions of locomotives passing through the station and one was replaced after only four years.[2] Between April 1858 and August 1865, to avoid confusion with Salford (Oldfield Rd),[3] the station was named Salford (New Bailey Street), after which it reverted to its original name of Salford.[1]
To avoid confusion with the newly built Salford Crescent station, in 1988 it was renamed Salford Central.[1] For many years the station was served at peak times only.[4]
With only platforms 1 and 2 currently in use (platforms 3 and 4 have been disused since the early 1990s), the station is now managed by Northern and has undergone a major transformation involving construction of a new ticket office as well as making the station building fully accessible by the use of ramps from the entrances to the ticket office and lifts and ramps from the ticket office to the platforms.[5]
Location
Manchester city centre is accessible either on foot or by a short ride on public transport. Salford is also served by Salford Crescent railway station, close to the University of Salford and Salford Precinct. The £700m Middlewood Locks development will be served by Salford Central.[6]
Facilities
The ticket office is manned from 06:25 to 19:35, six days per week (closed late evenings and on Sundays, so tickets must be purchased on the train at these times). The ticket hall is connected to the platforms via inclined ramps that are suitable for mobility-impaired users. There are shelters and snack/drink vending machines at platform level, along with timetable posters, digital display screens and automated announcements to provide train running information.[7]
Services
The station has a frequent service on weekdays and Saturdays (typically 6 tph each way), with all trains to and from Victoria calling here. Destinations served include Southport and Kirkby (via Atherton) and Buckshaw Parkway, Wigan North Western and Clitheroe (via Bolton) westbound and Blackburn (via Todmorden) and Stalybridge eastbound (some services also terminate at Victoria).[8]
The station was formerly closed on Sundays, but since the summer 2018 timetable change was introduced on 20 May all trains between Salford Crescent and Victoria now call here.
Future development
A Network Rail report suggests building platforms on the line to Liverpool (via Newton-le-Willows), the lines of which run through the station but are not provided with platforms.[9] This scheme has since been adopted by Transport for Greater Manchester and included in their Capital Works Programme for 2015–16 to 2020–21.[10] This will see an additional platform built and the old platforms 3 & 4 reopened, at a cost of £20.5 million and will allow Liverpool, Chester & Manchester Airport-bound trains (using the Ordsall Chord) to call here.[11]
References
^ abc Butt 1995, p. 204
^ Crookes 1874, p. 213
^ Railway Magazine September 1957 p. 615
^ British Railways Timetable 95, 1973
^ Station's £5 million transformation unveiled, GMPTE, 2008-02-22, archived from the original on 2012-07-31, retrieved 2008-11-18.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ "Middlewood Locks".
^ Salford Central station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 22 December 2016
^ Table 82 National Rail timetable, May 2018
^ Route Utilisation Strategies (PDF), retrieved 2008-09-17
^ Transport for Greater Manchester Greater Manchester Transport Plan 3 – Capital Programme 2015–16 to 2020–21 (PDF), retrieved 2016-06-10
^ "Salford Central Expansion". Seed Architects.
Bibliography
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Butt, R.V.J. (1995), The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, R508
Crookes, William, ed. (1874), "Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 7 April 1874", The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science, London: Henry Gillman, XXIX (755)
External links
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Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Salford Crescent | | Northern Manchester-Preston Line | | Manchester Victoria |
Salford Crescent | | Northern Ribble Valley Line | | Manchester Victoria |
Salford Crescent | | Northern Manchester-Southport Line | | Manchester Victoria |
Salford Crescent | | Northern Manchester-Kirkby Mondays-Saturdays only | | Manchester Victoria |
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Deansgate | | Northern Ordsall Chord | | Manchester Victoria |
Eccles | | Northern Liverpool to Manchester Line | | Manchester Victoria |
| Historical railways | | ||
Oldfield Road Line open, station closed | | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Manchester and Bolton Railway | | Manchester Victoria Line and station open |