Mills Hill railway station

Mills Hill National Rail
Location
Place Middleton
Local authority Rochdale
Coordinates 53°33′04″N 2°10′18″W / 53.5511°N 2.1717°W / 53.5511; -2.1717Coordinates: 53°33′04″N 2°10′18″W / 53.5511°N 2.1717°W / 53.5511; -2.1717
Grid reference SD887060
Operations
Station code MIH
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*
2012/13 Decrease 0.326 million
2013/14 Decrease 0.303 million
2014/15 Increase 0.314 million
2015/16 Decrease 0.310 million
2016/17 Increase 0.331 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE Greater Manchester
History
Original company Manchester and Leeds Railway
4 July 1839 Original station opened
11 August 1842 Closed
25 March 1985 Current station opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Mills Hill from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Mills Hill railway station is in the Mills Hill area of Middleton in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale,[1] in Greater Manchester, England. The station is 5¾ miles (9 km) north of Manchester Victoria on the Caldervale Line. Mills Hill lies on Middleton's common boundary with Chadderton,[1] and thus serves both communities.

During the temporary closure of the Oldham Loop line for its conversion to Metrolink light rail (2009–12) the station acted as an informal railhead for much of the borough of Oldham.

With an annual patronage of 314,000 entries and exits per year Mills Hill station is the second busiest unstaffed railway station within Transport for Greater Manchester's area. It is due to this fact that TfGM are pushing for funding to be made available to improve accessibility at the station for disabled passengers. The station is second only to Greenfield Railway Station on the prioritized list for this funding.

History

The original station opened on 4 July 1839[2] before the completion of the branches to Middleton and Oldham, and closed on 11 August 1842[2] when these were opened. The current station opened on 25 March 1985[2] by British Rail at the same point as the original.

Services

Since the May 2018 timetable change, the service pattern here has been completely revamped (though the half-hourly basic frequency remains unaltered). All trains (apart from a small number of weekday peak and late evening workings) run to/from Rochdale only, with passengers for destinations further north having to change there. Southbound trains still run to Manchester Victoria, with most continuing on to Bolton and Blackburn/Clitheroe via Darwen.[3]

On Sundays, an hourly service operates with trains running to Southport via Wigan Wallgate southbound and to Blackburn via Todmorden and Burnley Manchester Road northbound.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Moston   Northern
Caldervale Line or
Todmorden/Rochdale-Kirkby-Wigan Wallgate		   Castleton
  Historical railways  
Middleton Junction
Line open, station closed		   Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway   Castleton
Line and station open
Disused railways
Middleton Junction
Line open, station closed		   Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway   Heywood
Line closed, station open

As part of the Great North Rail Project by Network Rail a ramp and lift will be installed for disabled access to the station.[4]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (2008-04-30), Network Maps: Oldham (PDF), gmpte.com, archived from the original (PDF) on April 14, 2008, retrieved 2008-07-28
  2. 1 2 3 Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 160. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  3. ↑ Table 41 National Rail timetable, May 2018
  4. ↑ https://www.networkrail.co.uk/feeds/ramps-and-lift-to-improve-access-at-greater-manchester-station/

References

  • The Manchester and Leeds Railway by Martin Bairstow
Railways in Rochdale
 Past, present and future 
Rossendale Lines
to Bacup
Calderdale Lines
to Calderdale
Broadley
Littleborough
Shawclough
and Healey
Smithy Bridge
Wardleworth
Rochdale
Newbold
Rochdale
Town Centre
Kingsway
Business Park
Milnrow
East Lancs Rly
to Bury
Newhey
Broadfield
Oldham Lines
to Oldham
East Lancashire RailwayHeywood
Castleton
Mills Hill
Middleton
Manchester Lines North
to Manchester
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