Smithy Bridge railway station
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| Location | |||
| Place | Smithy Bridge | ||
| Local authority | Rochdale | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | SMB | ||
| Managed by | Northern Rail | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2005/06 * | 98,319 | ||
| History | |||
| 1868 1985 |
Original station opened Current station opened |
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| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Smithy Bridge from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Smithy Bridge railway station serves the village of Smithy Bridge near Rochdale in Greater Manchester, England. The station is on the Caldervale Line 20 km (12¾ miles) north of Manchester Victoria on the way to Leeds.
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[edit] Services
Monday to Saturday daytimes there is a half-hourly service to Manchester Victoria southbound and to Leeds northbound.
Evenings and Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction.
[edit] Future plans from December 2008
Northern Rail have proposed changes to the Caldervale line services from December 2008. Three trains per hour will run between Leeds and Manchester Victoria - one will be the current stopping service, one will go via Dewsbury and Brighouse, and include stops at Moston, Mills Hill and Castleton, and one will be a limited stop service - between Bradford and Manchester the service will only call at Halifax, Hebden Bridge, Todmorden and Rochdale. [1]
[edit] History
1915: The station was the scene of a tragic accident involving an express train and an empty stock train. Four people died and many others were injured.
[edit] References
The Weighvers Seaport by A W Colligan in association with George Kelsall (ISBN 0-9505577-0-6) http://www.link4life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=c.showPage&pageID=335
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Smithy Bridge railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Rochdale | Northern Rail Caldervale Line |
Littleborough | ||
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