Salford Crescent railway station

Salford Crescent National Rail
for University of Salford
Salford Crescent railway station in 2014
Location
Place Salford
Local authority City of Salford
Grid reference SJ818988
Operations
Station code SLD
Managed by Northern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category C2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Decrease 1.141 million
2013/14 Decrease 1.077 million
2014/15 Decrease 1.038 million
– Interchange  0.352 million
2015/16 Decrease 0.956 million
– Interchange  Increase 0.379 million
2016/17 Increase 1.149 million
– Interchange  Increase 0.346 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE Greater Manchester
History
Key dates Opened May 1987 (May 1987)
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 Crescent from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Salford Crescent railway station is a railway station in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, opened by British Rail in 1987.

The station is 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Salford Central, 1.75 miles (2.82 km) west of Manchester Victoria and 2.25 miles (3.62 km) west of Manchester Piccadilly. It consists of a single island platform with a ticket office and waiting room.

The station is near the University of Salford, between the Peel Park and Frederick Road Campus.

Salford Crescent is the point of a split in the Manchester-Preston Line, with local services running on to Manchester Victoria and long-distance services going to Manchester Piccadilly (via the 1988 Windsor Link to Ordsall Lane Junction), and is also part of the line between Manchester and Southport, frequently being used as an interchange between the two lines. Manchester North signalling centre was formerly located at the station, prior to its closure in April 2015.,[1][2] Ticket gates have been in operation at the station since 2016.

Services

Eastbound: frequent services operate to Manchester Piccadilly, mostly continuing to either Manchester Airport or Alderley Edge and to Manchester Victoria, with many services extending to either Stalybridge, Blackburn via Todmorden and Burnley Manchester Road or Leeds via Brighouse.[3]

Westbound: Northern services operate to Bolton, Clitheroe, Wigan Wallgate (via Atherton, Wigan North Western via Bolton, Kirkby, Southport, Preston and Blackpool North; they also operate a limited number of services to Barrow-in-Furness and to Windermere.

Engineering work on the (heavily delayed) Manchester to Preston Line electrification project has seen all weekend services here suspended (and replaced by buses) for much of 2017-18 (through trains being diverted via Eccles and the West Coast Main Line) - these blockades are scheduled to continue until November 2018.

First TransPennine Express used to run the services from Manchester Airport to Blackpool North, Windermere & Barrow but this was passed on to the new Northern franchise on the 1st April 2016.

Connecting bus routes

Salford Crescent is served by Stagecoach Manchester's service 50, a cross-city bus service between East Didsbury and MediaCityUK.[4] Services 8, 31, 36, 37, 67 and 100 also stop outside the station and run to Manchester, terminating at either Piccadilly Gardens or Shudehill Interchange. Services also head towards Bolton, Eccles, Swinton, Pendlebury, Trafford Centre, Warrington and Farnworth.[5]

Improvements

In 2007, Network Rail recognised that Salford Crescent could not cope with existing passenger levels, leading to platform overcrowding.[6] It suggested expansion of the station with extra platforms, greater use of it as an interchange and use as a terminus for services from east of Manchester. It also raised the possibility of moving the station.

In 2012, improvement work started at the station, including platform extensions, a new rain canopy and the relocation of the ticket office to street level.[7] The works were completed in October 2013 and officially opened by Mayor of Salford, Ian Stewart.

The station in 2010, prior to the improvement works.


Electrification

The station in early 2018, undergoing electrification works
The station in early 2018, undergoing electrification works

Although it does not include the line via Atherton to Wigan, the main line connecting Manchester stations to Preston and Blackpool passing through Salford Crescent is being electrified. There have been a number of delays but physical-civil engineering work is expected to be completed by the end of 2018. [8]

Facilities

The station's ticket office is manned throughout the week (06:30 to 21:45 weekdays and Saturdays, 09:10 to 16:00 on Sundays) and there is a self-service ticket machine in the booking hall. A waiting room, digital information screens and automated announcements are provided at platform level. Step-free access is via a lift from the road bridge and ticket hall (there is also a staircase to the platform).[9]

Notes

  1. ↑ Friends of Walkden Station - Signal Box history FOWS website article; Retrieved 2009-04-29
  2. ↑ Easter closure at Manchester Victoria for signalling transferRailway Technology Magazine 1 April 2015; Retrieved 8 September 2015
  3. ↑ Table 82 National Rail timetable, May 2018
  4. ↑ "Stagecoach Bus - CityConnect-50". Stagecoach Manchester. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Transport for Greater Manchester - Journey Planning - Network Maps". Transport for Greater Manchester. Archived from the original on 16 December 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  6. ↑ Network Rail North West RUS Network Rail website; retrieved 2009-04-29
  7. ↑ £12 million upgrade starts on overcrowded Salford Crescent stationManchester Evening News article 16 October 2012
  8. ↑ Cox, Charlotte (2018-01-11). "Plans to electrify Manchester to Preston rail route delayed AGAIN". men. Retrieved 2018-07-29.
  9. ↑ Salford Crescent station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 20 December 2016
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Bolton   Northern
Manchester-Preston Line		   Salford Central
or Deansgate
Bolton   Northern
Ribble Valley Line		   Salford Central
Bolton   Northern
Buxton Line		   Deansgate
Kearsley or
Clifton or
Bolton or
Swinton		   Northern
Manchester-Wigan Wallgate		   Salford Central
Swinton or
Kearsley or
Cilfton or
Bolton Interchange		   Northern
Manchester-Southport Line		   Salford Central
Swinton   Northern
Manchester-Kirkby		   Salford Central
Bolton   Northern
Mid-Cheshire Line or
Hazel Grove/Stockport/Chester/Manchester Airport/Manchester Piccadilly-Southport		   Deansgate or
Manchester Oxford Road
  Historical railways  
Pendleton
Line open, station closed		   Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway   Windsor Bridge, Pendleton
Line open, station closed

Coordinates: 53°29′11″N 2°16′33″W / 53.48639°N 2.27583°W / 53.48639; -2.27583

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