General information | |
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Location | Urmston, Trafford England |
Coordinates | 53°26′54″N2°21′13″W / 53.4483°N 2.3536°W |
Grid reference | SJ766946 |
Managed by | Northern Trains |
Transit authority | Greater Manchester |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | URM |
Classification | DfT category E |
History | |
Original company | Cheshire Lines Committee |
Pre-grouping | Cheshire Lines Committee |
Post-grouping | Cheshire Lines Committee |
Key dates | |
2 September 1873 | Station opened |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 0.409 million |
2019/20 | 0.413 million |
2020/21 | 81,628 |
2021/22 | 0.255 million |
2022/23 | 0.275 million |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Urmston railway station is a railway station serving the town of Urmston in Greater Manchester,England. It is 5+1⁄2 miles (8.9 km) west of Manchester Oxford Road on the Manchester-Liverpool Line. It is managed by Northern Trains.
The station was opened by the Cheshire Lines Committee on 2 September 1873. [1]
A new building on the Manchester-bound platform houses the ticket office and a waiting room. The main station building on the Liverpool-bound platform was disused for many years in the 1990s, but was re-opened as a pub/restaurant in June 2008. The station is staffed part-time (06:15 to 12:45 weekdays, 07:00 to 13:30 Saturdays, closed Sundays) - outside these times, tickets must be bought in advance or on the train. Train running details are provided by telephone, automated announcements and timetable posters. Step-free access is available to both platforms. [2]
Urmston has one local (Northern Trains) and one fast (Transpennine Express) service each hour in each direction on weekdays and Saturdays. The TPE service runs between Liverpool Lime Street and Cleethorpes and calls at Irlam, Birchwood, Warrington Central and Liverpool South Parkway westbound, whilst running through to Manchester Piccadilly, Stockport, Sheffield and Doncaster eastbound. The stopping service runs between Lime Street and Manchester Oxford Road only, but there are additional trains at peak times (some of which start/terminate at Warrington Central). [3]
Only the Northern local service calls here on Sundays, hourly in each direction.
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Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Chassen Road Flixton on Sundays | Northern Trains Manchester to Liverpool Line | Humphrey Park Deansgate on Sundays | ||
Irlam | TransPennine Express South TransPennine | Manchester Oxford Road |