Ardwick railway station

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Ardwick
Location
Place	Ardwick
Local authority	Manchester
Operations
Station code	ADK
Managed by	Northern Rail
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2005/06 *	358
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ardwick from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Ardwick railway station serves Ardwick in Manchester, England. It is about one mile (1.5 km) south of Manchester Piccadilly. It was opened by the Sheffield, Ashton-Under-Lyne and Manchester Railway in 1842

Ardwick is unmanned and has a single island platform on the electrified Manchester to Glossop/Hadfield line. It is immediately adjacent to the main Manchester to London main line. It has a very limited, rush hour only service, consisting of 5 trains per day.

In 2004-2005 financial year, only 285 passengers used the station, or less than one per day. This number increased only slightly in 2005-2006, to 358. As a result it was proposed to close the station, but it was given a reprieve as a consequence of the increased commercial activity in the vicinity. The station is situated in the New East Manchester regeneration area.

[edit] Non-closure

Network Rail, in their draft Route Utilisation Strategy (RUS) for the North West, proposed the closure of Ardwick station. However, the closure proposals were dropped from the final report published on the 1st May 2007. Proposals to shut Ardwick and two other stations in Greater Manchester were shelved after residents and passenger groups persuaded Network Rail that long term development could improve the business case for keeping the stations open.

[edit] Gallery

Station entrance

[edit] Services

As discussed above, there are only five services per day through Ardwick (with no services on Saturday or Sunday), these are:

• 0737 to Manchester Piccadilly, calling Manchester Piccadilly only
• 0820 to Manchester Piccadilly, calling Manchester Piccadilly only
• 0844 to Manchester Piccadilly, calling Manchester Piccadilly only
• 1706 to Marple, calling Ashburys, Belle Vue, Ryder Brow, Bredbury, Romiley and Marple
• 1808 to Rose Hill Marple, calling Ashburys, Fairfield, Guide Bridge, Hyde North, Hyde Central, Woodley, Romiley and Rose Hill Marple

[edit] External link

• Photos Of Ardwick Station

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Coordinates: 53°28′16″N, 2°12′47″W