Acton Bridge railway station

Acton Bridge National Rail
Location
Place Acton Bridge
Local authority Borough of Cheshire West and Chester
Coordinates 53°15′59″N 2°36′10″W / 53.2664°N 2.6029°W / 53.2664; -2.6029Coordinates: 53°15′59″N 2°36′10″W / 53.2664°N 2.6029°W / 53.2664; -2.6029
Grid reference SJ598745
Operations
Station code ACB
Managed by London Northwestern Railway
Number of platforms 3
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Decrease 15,732
2013/14 Increase 16,612
2014/15 Increase 17,486
2015/16 Increase 20,236
2016/17 Decrease 20,092
History
4 July 1837 Station opens as Acton
1 July 1870 Station renamed Acton Bridge
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Acton Bridge from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Acton Bridge railway station is near the village of Acton Bridge, Cheshire, in the northwest of England.

History

The station opened as Acton by the Grand Junction Railway in 1837[1]:58 but was renamed Acton Bridge in 1870. After merging into the London and North Western Railway, the company became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. In addition to its main line calls, the station also served as the terminus of a local service from Crewe via Sandbach & Northwich until 1942. This used a connecting curve that diverged from the main line just north of Hartford to join the Cheshire Lines Committee line from Altrincham to Chester Northgate near Greenbank (this remains in use, but for freight traffic only).

When sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Regional Railways until the privatisation of British Railways. Trains of the Intercity Sector passed on the West Coast Main Line.

When British Rail was privatised Acton Bridge was served by Central Trains until 2007, then served by London Midland, now London Northwestern

Services

Acton Bridge is served by London Northwestern trains running between Birmingham New Street and Liverpool Lime Street, although the service is infrequent. Currently there are around 10 trains a day in each direction, The service frequency can vary from every 30 minutes to every 4 hours depending on the time of day. Extra services call here at peak times, but at all other times there are large gaps in between trains. The majority of trains pass through the station without stopping.[2]

Acton Bridge still does not have any trains on a Sunday which call, but trains still pass through non-stop on the West Coast Main Line towards both Liverpool and Preston. A near normal service operates on most bank holidays.

Services to London and Scotland do not stop at Acton Bridge but passengers for London can change at Crewe or Runcorn and passengers for Scotland can also change at Crewe.

The station is un-staffed; its gardens are maintained by volunteers from Acton Bridge Women's Institute, and won a Commendation in the 2003 JPD 'Best Kept Station' competition. In March 2015, a PERTIS self-service passenger-operated ticket machine remains in service here, and is located in the booking hall.

From December 2018, Acton Bridge will see at least 4 more services stopping per day, Monday to Saturday. A new Sunday service will also be introduced.[3][4]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Hartford   London Northwestern Railway
West Coast Main Line		   Runcorn
  Historical railways  
Hartford   London and North Western Railway
Grand Junction Railway		   Preston Brook

References

  1. ↑ Drake, James (1838). Drake’s Road Book of the Grand Junction Railway (1838). Moorland Reprints. ISBN 0903485257.
  2. ↑ http://www.londonmidland.com/download/64291.5/liverpool-crewe-stafford-wolverhampton-birmingham/
  3. ↑ http://maps.dft.gov.uk/west-midlands/
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20170821003343/http://maps.dft.gov.uk/west-midlands/
  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Station on navigable O.S. map
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