Flixton railway station

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6+1⁄2 miles (10.5 km) west of Manchester Oxford Road on the Manchester to Liverpool Line.

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Flixton
National Rail logo.svg
Flixton railway station manchester.jpg
General information
Location Flixton, Trafford
England
Coordinates 53°26′38″N2°23′00″W / 53.4439°N 2.3833°W / 53.4439; -2.3833
Grid reference SJ746941
Managed by Northern Trains
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeFLI
Classification DfT category E
History
Original company Cheshire Lines Committee
Pre-groupingCheshire Lines Committee
Post-groupingCheshire Lines Committee
Key dates
1 October 1873 (1873-10-01)Station opened
Passengers
2019/20Increase2.svg 0.146 million

The station once had a small goods yard on the northern side of the main line, the bay platform for which still exists although it is no longer in use. The goods yard itself is now a car park. All the track relating to the goods yard has been removed.

In the 1990s, the station building was converted into a Henry's Table pub and restaurant and then into a nightclub and bar called Brunel's. It was destroyed by fire in 1998 and was demolished in 2001. [1]

Facilities

The ticket office on Flixton Road bridge, a portable building installed to replace the demolished station building, is staffed Monday-Friday between 06:20-12:50. At other times, tickets are purchased from the conductor on the train or from a machine on the Manchester bound platform.

The original footbridge remains and is still in use. A small "bus stop" style shelter on the down platform also survives from the original station building. Train running information is provide by timetable posters and information boards. Step-free access is available to both platforms. [2]

Services

Services are roughly hourly in each direction seven days per week, towards Irlam and Liverpool Lime Street to the west, and towards Urmston and Manchester Oxford Road to the east. Extra services call at the station during peak-hours, when some services terminate at Warrington Central. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Eyesore complaints brings forward demolition date for gutted pub". 4 May 2000.
  2. ↑ Flixton station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 12 December 2016
  3. ↑ GB eNRT May 2023 Edition, Table 86


Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
Irlam   Northern Trains
Liverpool–Manchester lines
Southern Route (Cheshire Lines)		  Chassen Road


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