Urmston railway station

Urmston
265px Urmston Railway Station
Location
Place	Urmston
Local authority	Trafford
Coordinates
Grid reference	SJ766946
Operations
Station code	URM
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*
2005/06	0.206 million
2006/07	0.198 million
2007/08	0.202 million
2008/09	0.239 million
2009/10	0.244 million
2010/11	0.253 million
2011/12	0.277 million
2012/13	0.275 million
2013/14	0.305 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Greater Manchester
History
Original company	Cheshire Lines Committee
Pre-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
Post-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
2 September 1873 (1873-09-02)	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 Urmston from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Urmston railway station in Urmston, Greater Manchester, England, is west of Manchester Oxford Road on the Manchester-Liverpool Line. It is operated by Northern Rail.

History

The station was opened by the Cheshire Lines Committee on 2 September 1873.

Facilities

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The Victorian ticket office is now The Steamhouse, a pub/restaurant

A new building on the Manchester-bound platform houses the ticket office and a waiting room. The main station building on the Liverpool-bound platform was disused for many years in the 1990s, but was re-opened as a pub/restaurant in June 2008. The station is staffed part-time.

Services

Services run half-hourly in both directions towards Chassen Road and Liverpool Lime Street to the west and towards Humphrey Park and Manchester Oxford Road in the east. Services run hourly in the evening and on Sundays.

External links

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Chassen Road Irlam on Sundays		Northern Rail Manchester to Liverpool Line		Humphrey Park Deansgate on Sundays