Eccles railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Eccles
code = ECC

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caption = Eccles railway station in 1988
manager = Northern Rail
locale = Eccles
borough = Salford
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lowusage0506 = 71,534
lowusage0607 = 68,536
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pte = Greater Manchester
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Eccles railway station serves the town of Eccles in the City of Salford district of Greater Manchester.

The station is next to the M602 motorway and is 400 metres away from the Eccles Metrolink station.

ervice

Monday to Saturdays there is generally an hourly service from Eccles to Manchester Victoria eastbound and Liverpool Lime Street westbound.

Sundays trains towards Manchester go to Manchester Airport via Manchester Piccadilly

The station used to be served by North Wales services in the morning peak but this has now ceased. However, with the creation of the complex in Salford Quays, a much more frequent pattern of services stopping at Eccles has now been reviewed. [http://www.gmpta.gov.uk/uploads/agendas/1/110/Reports/Item%2011%20Dec%2008%20Rail%20Timetable%20(%201%20February%202008).pdf]

See also

*Eccles rail crash (1941) at the east end of the station

External links

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