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Location | Patricroft, Salford England | ||||
Grid reference | SJ763987 | ||||
Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
Transit authority | Greater Manchester | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | PAT | ||||
Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
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Patricroft railway station serving Patricroft in Greater Manchester,England. The station is on Green Lane,just north of the junction with Cromwell Road and just east of the Bridgewater Canal. It is situated 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Manchester Victoria on the former Liverpool and Manchester Railway,which was electrified in stages between 2013 and 2015.
The station is situated on the world's first inter-city passenger railway,between Liverpool and Manchester,and is also located close to the world's first commercial canal. The station used to have an adjacent engine shed,Patricroft MPD,which was located to the rear of the Manchester-bound platform on the northern side of the station. The engine shed opened in 1884 and closed in 1968. [1] The majority of the station buildings were demolished in the 1980s,with only a waiting shelter remaining on each platform. [2]
The station is unstaffed and has no permanent buildings;it does now though have ticket machines in place to allow passengers to buy tickets (or a permit to travel) prior to boarding. Train running information is provided by telephone,digital PIS screens and timetable posters. The platforms are linked by subway,but neither have step-free access as the subway has stairs from the station entrance to platform level. [3]
Monday to Saturdays there is generally an hourly service from the station to Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport eastbound,and Newton-le-Willows and Liverpool Lime Street westbound. These are operated by the Class 331 and Class 323 EMUs on a stopping service between Liverpool and Manchester. Services to and from Manchester Victoria are now very limited (peak periods and late evenings) since the May 2018 timetable change. [4]
The Sunday service is the same,although trains operate to Wilmslow via Piccadilly and the Airport.
Preceding station | ![]() | Following station | ||
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Newton-le-Willows | Northern Trains Liverpool to Manchester Line | Eccles | ||
Historical railways | ||||
Barton Moss Line open, station closed | London and North Western Railway Liverpool and Manchester Railway | Eccles Line and station open |
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