Todmorden railway station

"Todmorden station" redirects here. For the Australian cattle farm, see Todmorden Station (pastoral lease).

Todmorden
The view from platform 2
General information
Location	Todmorden, Calderdale England
Coordinates	53°42′50″N2°05′59″W / 53.7138°N 2.0997°W / 53.7138; -2.0997
Grid reference	SD935241
Managed by	Northern
Transit authority	West Yorkshire (Metro)
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	TOD
Fare zone	5
Classification	DfT category D
History
Opened	1841
Passengers
2017/18	0.624 million

Northern Trains Route 9
v t e
Calder Valley Line and East Lancashire Line
York Ulleskelf Church Fenton Micklefield East Garforth Garforth Cross Gates Leeds Bramley New Pudsey Bradford Interchange Low Moor Halifax Sowerby Bridge Mytholmroyd Hebden Bridge Manchester Victoria Moston Mills Hill Castleton Rochdale Smithy Bridge Littleborough Walsden Todmorden Colne Nelson Brierfield Burnley Central Burnley Barracks Burnley Manchester Road Rose Grove Hapton Huncoat Accrington Church and Oswaldtwistle Rishton Blackburn Mill Hill Cherry Tree Pleasington Bamber Bridge Lostock Hall Preston Salwick Kirkham and Wesham Poulton-le-Fylde Blackpool North Moss Side Lytham Ansdell and Fairhaven St Annes-on-the-Sea Squires Gate Blackpool Pleasure Beach Blackpool South
Burnley Barracks, Hapton and Pleasington are request stops.

The exterior of the station

Until 12 December 2008, Monday to Saturday daytime there was a half-hourly service from Todmorden to Manchester Victoria (occasionally extending to Liverpool) westbound and Leeds via Halifax eastbound.

Service changes from December 2008

Northern Rail made changes to the Caldervale line services from December 2008. Three trains per hour now run between Leeds and Manchester Victoria – the stopping service that ran prior to the timetable change, calling at all stations via Halifax; via Dewsbury and Brighouse, stopping at Moston, Mills Hill and Castleton; and a limited stop service between Bradford and Manchester, calling at Halifax, Hebden Bridge, Todmorden and Rochdale only. ^[9]

There is an hourly service to Leeds (via Halifax) in the evenings and two trains per hour to Manchester in the evenings and on Sundays.

From the May 2014 timetable change the station gained an additional service each hour to and from the Manchester direction, which was extended to and from Burnley and Blackburn in May 2015. This working formerly terminated at Rochdale; it ran through from Kirkby eastbound and returned to Wigan Wallgate. ^[10]

Services from May 2015

In May 2015, a direct service from Manchester to Burnley and Blackburn began calling at the station. ^{[11] [12]}

May 2019 timetable

The summer 2019 timetable has four services per hour calling here on weekdays and Saturdays – two between Leeds and Manchester via Bradford (one of which now runs to Chester via Warrington Bank Quay), one from Leeds to Manchester and Southport via Brighouse and one from Blackburn to Manchester and Southport via Burnley. On Sundays, there is one Leeds – Bradford – Manchester train and one between Blackburn and Southport via Manchester each hour in both directions. ^[13]

December 2019 timetable

The basic service frequency remains the same in the 2019 winter timetable. However changes have been made.

Southport services now terminate at Wigan Wallgate.

The hourly Sunday service between Leeds and Manchester Victoria via Halifax no longer calls at Mytholmroyd. ^[14]

Future services

Under plans submitted by the new Northern franchisee, further service improvements on the Caldervale line were to be introduced in December 2017 (since postponed until May 2019 due to a rolling stock shortage These include an extra train per hour from Todmorden to both Manchester, Bradford and Leeds during the day, extra evening services on all routes and new through services to Chester, Manchester Airport and Liverpool Lime Street (marketed under the "Northern Connect" brand). ^{[15] [16]} The Chester service was introduced at the May 2019 timetable change, but the other improvements have been indefinitely postponed because of capacity constraints at the various junctions in the Castlefield and Ordsall Lane area of Manchester.

Facilities

There is a ticket office on platform 1 (staffed seven days per week, but closed in the late evening) and waiting rooms on both platforms. Information screens were installed in 2012 as part of a programme to provide screens at 18 stations on the Caldervale line and elsewhere in West Yorkshire. ^[17] Previously, passengers had to rely on automated public-address system announcements (these are still provided). Step-free access is only available from platform one, as the subway to platform two has steps. ^[18]

Platform One Gallery is located at the station, an art gallery run by Todmorden Art Group, which is a non-profit making organisation. It runs exhibitions on a 4-weekly cycle, and is open to the public Thursday-Sunday 11 am-4 pm. It has 11 studios and 2 painting groups.

The station building features a plaque commemorating the engineer John Ramsbottom who was born in the town and spent most of his career working for the local railways (LNWR and LYR).

References

Notes

1. "Green Light for East Lancashire Rail Improvements". Lancashire Telegraph. 12 January 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2009.
2. Magill, Peter (31 October 2011). "Major boost as £9million rail link cash announced for Burnley". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
3. "Todmorden Curve journeys to start after May 2014". Lancashire Telegraph. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
4. "Todmorden Curve could be Running by 2013". Lancashire Telegraph. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
5. Lack of Trains to hold up new £8.8 million Todmorden Curve Magill, Peter Lancashire Telegraph article 23 October 2013; Retrieved 23 January 2014
6. East Lancs MP slams Todmorden Curve Rail Link Delays Adams, Chris Lancashire Telegraph article 13 August 2014; Retrieved 21 August 2014
7. The Topper Chopper - First passenger train: Todmorden Viaduct Junction - Stansfield Hall Junction, Saturday 31 May 2014 www.hall-royd-junction.co.uk; Retrieved 16 June 2014
8. BBC - Rail link reopens from Manchester to Burnley
9. "WYPTE Report - Proposed Northern December 2008 Timetable" (PDF). 16 May 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
10. Northern Rail Timetable 26 Todmorden - Rochdale - Manchester 18 May - 13 December 2014 Northern Rail; Retrieved 16 June 2014
11. Direct trains from Rochdale and Manchester to Burnley will run from May 17 Thacker, Simon; Manchester Evening News article 17 February 2015; Retrieved 6 March 2015
12. Northern Rail timetable - Manchester Victoria to Blackburn via Todmorden from 17 May 2015 Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Northern Rail; Retrieved 20 May 2015
13. Table 41 National Rail timetable, May 2019
14. Table 41 National Rail timetable, December 2019
15. "Northern Franchise Improvements - DfT". Archived from the original on 11 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
16. Arriva chosen to run and expand Northern franchise from next year Rail Technology Magazine; Retrieved 17 December 2015
17. "Customer Information Enhancements at Rail Stations". Archived from the original on 12 May 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
18. Todmorden station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 30 November 2016

Sources

• Bairstow, M. (1983), The Manchester & Leeds Railway (The Calder Valley Line), Wyvern Publishing, Skipton, ISBN   0-907941-06-0

External links

• Train times and station information for Todmorden railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Walsden		Northern Caldervale Line		Hebden Bridge or Terminus
Littleborough
Rochdale
Walsden or Littleborough or Rochdale		Northern Todmorden-Wigan Wallgate/Kirkby		Terminus
Walsden		Northern via Todmorden Curve		Burnley Manchester Road
	Historical railways
Walsden Line and station open		L&YR Caldervale Line		Eastwood Line open, station closed
	Disused railways
Stansfield Hall Line open,station closed		L&YR Copy Pit Line		Terminus

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