Littleborough railway station

Littleborough railway station serves the town of Littleborough in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England.

Littleborough
LocationLittleborough, Rochdale
England
Grid referenceSD938162
Managed byNorthern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeLTL
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Opened1839
Passengers
2015/16 0.392 million
2016/17 0.411 million
2017/18 0.421 million
2018/19 0.467 million
2019/20 0.483 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

It lies on the Caldervale Line 13¾ miles (22 km) north of Manchester Victoria towards Halifax, Bradford Interchange and Leeds.

This is the last station on the Caldervale Line in the Greater Manchester area. It was one of the original Manchester and Leeds Railway station sites and for the first year of operation following its opening in July 1839, it was the temporary terminus of the line from Manchester (the section on through the Summit Tunnel towards Mirfield not being completed until 1841).[1] It did so again for some eight months after the December 1984 Summit Tunnel fire - passengers transferring between the trains to/from Manchester and a rail-replacement bus service onwards to Todmorden until repairs to the tunnel could be completed and the line reopened.

Facilities

The station's two platforms are staggered, with the Manchester-bound one (platform 1) the more southerly. Both have ramps & step-free access for disabled travellers. The station is staffed on a part-time basis (six days per week, mornings & early afternoons only), with the ticket office & waiting room on platform 2 open at these times. There are also shelters on both platforms & ticket vending machines available, so travellers can purchase tickets when the booking office is closed.[2]

Services

Station approach
Northern Rail 144007 leaving Platform 2 with a Manchester Victoria to Leeds service in 2009

Monday to Saturday daytimes, there is a half-hourly service from Littleborough to Manchester Victoria westbound and to Todmorden eastbound, with trains running alternately to Leeds via Dewsbury and to Blackburn via Burnley Manchester Road (the latter beginning at the May 2015 timetable change). Westbound trains continue beyond Manchester via Atherton to Wigan Wallgate since the May 2018 timetable change.

In the early morning, late evening and on Sundays, trains to Leeds operate via Halifax rather than Dewsbury; the basic service pattern remains the same though.[3]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Smithy Bridge   Northern
Caldervale Line
  Walsden
    Todmorden

References

  1. Bairstow, M. (1983), The Manchester & Leeds Railway (The Calder Valley Line), Wyvern Publishing, Skipton, ISBN 0-907941-06-0; p.12
  2. Station Facilities for LittleboroughNational Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 19 November 2016
  3. GB National Rail Timetable December 2019 Edition, Table 41 (Network Rail)
Railways in Rochdale
 Past, present and future 
Rossendale Lines
to Bacup
Calderdale Lines
to Calderdale
Broadley
Littleborough
Shawclough
and Healey
Smithy Bridge
Wardleworth
Rochdale
Newbold
Rochdale
Town Centre
Kingsway
Business Park
Milnrow
Newhey
Broadfield
Oldham Lines
to Oldham
Heywood
Castleton
Mills Hill
Middleton
Manchester Lines North
to Manchester


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