Atherton railway station

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Atherton
Location
Place Atherton
Local authority Wigan
Operations
Station code ATN
Managed by Northern Rail
Platforms in use
Annual entry/exit 04/05 0.200 million **
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE Greater Manchester
National Rail - UK railway stations

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Atherton railway station serves the town of Atherton, Greater Manchester formerly in Lancashire. The town is also served by a station named Hag Fold. The station is 19 km (11¾ miles) north west of Manchester Victoria on the Manchester-Southport Line.

Atherton (according to Strategic Rail Authority figures of 2004/5) is the busiest station (save for Salford Crescent) on the line between Manchester Victoria and Wigan (via Atherton).

Atherton is the nearest station to Leigh (Greater Manchester) one of the largest towns in Britain without its own railway station. The present Atherton station was originally named Atherton Central (although in fact it lies some distance from the centre of the town) to differentiate it from Atherton Bag Lane (on the line from Bolton Great Moor Street to Kenyon Junction) which was closed in 1954 http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/. Atherton was also served by a station at Howe Bridge on the line between Wigan North Western and Manchester Exchange.

[edit] Service

Monday to Saturday daytimes, two trains per hour go southbound towards Manchester Victoria and Rochdale and two per hour towards Wigan Wallgate (hourly onwards to Southport and Kirkby respectively) northbound.

Evenings there is an hourly service in each direction to Manchester Victoria and Wigan.

There is no service all day Sundays.

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Preceding station National Rail Following station
Hag Fold   Northern Rail
(Manchester-Southport Line)		   Walkden


Railway stations in Greater Manchester
Manchester city centre:

Manchester Piccadilly - Manchester Victoria - Manchester Oxford Road - Deansgate

Altrincham - Appley Bridge - Ardwick - Ashburys - Ashton-under-Lyne - Atherton - Belle Vue - Blackrod - Bolton - Bramhall - Bredbury - Brinnington - Broadbottom - Bromley Cross - Bryn - Burnage - Castleton - Chassen Road - Cheadle Hulme - Clifton - Daisy Hill - Davenport - Dean Lane - Derker - East Didsbury - Eccles - Failsworth - Fairfield - Farnworth - Flixton - Flowery Field - Gathurst - Gatley - Glazebrook - Godley - Gorton - Greenfield - Guide Bridge - Hag Fold - Hale - Hall i' th' Wood - Hattersley - Hazel Grove - Heald Green - Heaton Chapel - Hindley - Hollinwood - Horwich Parkway - Humphrey Park - Hyde Central - Hyde North - Ince - Irlam - Kearsley - Levenshulme - Littleborough - Lostock - Manchester Airport - Marple - Mauldeth Road - Middlewood - Mills Hill - Milnrow - Moorside - Moses Gate - Mossley - Moston - Navigation Road - New Hey - Newton for Hyde - Oldham Mumps - Oldham Werneth - Orrell - Patricroft - Pemberton - Reddish North - Rochdale - Romiley - Rose Hill Marple - Ryder Brow - Shaw and Crompton - Salford Central - Salford Crescent - Smithy Bridge - Stalybridge - Stockport - Strines - Swinton - Trafford Park - Urmston - Walkden - Westhoughton - Wigan North Western - Wigan Wallgate - Woodley - Woodsmoor

Transport in Greater Manchester - GMPTE
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