Flixton railway station

Flixton
265px
Location
Place	Flixton
Local authority	Trafford
Coordinates
Grid reference	SJ746941
Operations
Station code	FLI
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	64,686
2005/06	66,263
2006/07	60,274
2007/08	60,025
2008/09	70,466
2009/10	70,718
2010/11	78,854
2011/12	82,390
2012/13	82,834
2013/14	93,018
History
Original company	Cheshire Lines Committee
Pre-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
Post-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
1 October 1873 (1873-10-01)	Station opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Flixton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Flixton railway station is located in the village of Flixton, in the Trafford Metropolitan Borough of Greater Manchester in the north west of England. The station, and all services calling there, are operated by Northern Rail. The station is west of Manchester Oxford Road on the Manchester to Liverpool Line.

History

The station once had a small goods yard on the northern side of the main line, the bay platform for which still exists although it is no longer in use. The goods yard itself is now a car park. All the track relating to the goods yard has been removed.

In the 1990s, the station building was converted into a pub and restaurant and then into a nightclub and bar. It was destroyed by fire in 1997 and was demolished in 2001.

Facilities

The ticket office on Flixton Road bridge, a portable building installed to replace the demolished station building, is manned Monday - Friday between 06:25-13:45. At other times tickets are purchased from a conductor on the train.

The original footbridge remains and is still in use. A small "bus stop" style shelter on the down platform also survives from the original station building.

Services

Services are roughly hourly in each direction, towards Irlam and Liverpool Lime Street to the west, and towards Chassen Road and Manchester Oxford Road to the east. Extra services call at the station during peak-hours; services are less frequent in the evenings and there is no Sunday service.

External links

• Train times and station information for Flixton railway station from National Rail
• Stretford and Urmston news article on station building

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Irlam		Northern Rail Manchester to Liverpool Line Mondays-Saturdays only		Chassen Road