Castleton railway station

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Castleton
Location
Place	Castleton
Local authority	Rochdale
Operations
Station code	CAS
Managed by	Northern Rail
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2005/06 *	85,695
History
Key dates	Opened 1875
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Castleton from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Castleton railway station serves Castleton in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. It is 14 km (8¾ miles) north of Manchester Victoria on the Caldervale and Oldham Loop Line's operated and managed by Northern Rail.

[edit] Services

On Monday to Saturday daytimes, there is a half-hourly service to Manchester Victoria and beyond southbound and Rochdale northbound.

In the evenings and on Sundays there is an hourly service to Manchester Victoria and beyond Rochdale to Leeds on the Caldervale Line

[edit] History

The original station opened in 1839 on the other side of the Rochdale-Manchester Road bridge, and was called 'Blue Pits'. The current station opened in 1875.

[edit] References

• The Oldham Loop by Jeffrey Wells (ISBN 1-870119-76-2)
• The Manchester and Leeds Railway by Martin Bairstow

[edit] External links

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

Coordinates: 53°35′31″N 2°10′42″W / 53.5919, -2.1783

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