Clifton railway station, Greater Manchester

This article is about the station in Clifton, Greater Manchester. For the stations in other places called Clifton, see Clifton railway station (disambiguation).

Clifton
Location
Place	Clifton
Local authority	Salford
Operations
Station code	CLI
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	417
2005/06 *	182
2006/07 *	277
2007/08 *	152
2008/09 *	216
2009/10 *	278
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PTE	Greater Manchester
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Clifton from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Clifton railway station is a railway station in Clifton, Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the Manchester to Preston Line.

Until 6 May 1974 the station was known as Clifton Junction,^[1] as the railway split north west along the Manchester to Preston Line to Bolton, and north along the Bury line on opposite sides of the Irwell Valley, with the Bury line crossing the valley on Clifton Viaduct (known locally as "the 13-arches"), which still stands today as a local landmark. The line to Bury closed in 1966.

The closest alternative station to Clifton Junction with a regular service is Swinton 1.25 miles (2.01 km) miles away on the line between Manchester and Wigan via Atherton.

Services

A 1905 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (upper right) railways in the vicinity of Clifton

There is a limited service from Clifton station with one train in each direction between Manchester Victoria and Bolton Mondays to Saturdays. In 2006, the station had only one train a day in each direction (local services run by Northern Rail); only 182 passengers were recorded as using the station in 2005–6.

• 0707 to Manchester Victoria, calling at: Salford Crescent, Salford Central and Manchester Victoria. This train originates at Blackburn.

• 1748 to Wigan Wallgate calling Kearsley, Farnworth, Moses Gate, Bolton, Westhoughton, Hindley and Wigan Wallgate. This train originates at Manchester Victoria.

See also

• Clifton Viaduct

References

1. ^ Slater, J.N., ed (July 1974). "Notes and News: Stations renamed by LMR". Railway Magazine (London: IPC Transport Press Ltd) 120 (879): 363. ISSN 0033-8923. 

External links

• Train times and station information for Clifton railway station, Greater Manchester from National Rail
• History of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with mention of Molyneux Junction
• Images of Clifton Junction Station and Clifton Tunnel
• Images of Clifton line, including a reference to Molyneux Brow Station

[v · d · e]Salford Lines (Past, present and future)

Legend To Wigan To Bolton Little Hulton To Wigan Ellenbrook;Walkden Low Level Walkden High Level To Warrington Moorside; To Bolton Barton Moss;Worsley Swinton;Dixon Fold Patricroft;Monton Green Pendlebury;To Bury Irlams-o'-th'-Height Eccles;Eccles Clifton Junction Ladywell Agecroft Bridge Weaste;Weaste Langworthy;Seedley Pendleton Bridge MediaCityUK;Broadway Cross Lane; Pendleton Harbour City Salford Crescent Anchorage Salford Docks Salford Quays Windsor Link Exchange Quay Ordsall Lane; Oldfield Road To Manchester (Metrolink) Ordsall Chord (proposed) To Manchester (Deansgate) Salford Central To Manchester (Victoria)

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Salford Crescent		Northern Rail Manchester-Preston Line Mondays-Saturdays only		Kearsley
	Disused railways
Agecroft Bridge Line open, station closed		L&YR		Dixon Fold Line open, station closed
				Molyneux Brow Line and station closed

Coordinates: 53°31′20″N 2°18′51″W / 53.5223°N 2.3141°W / 53.5223; -2.3141