Flixton railway station

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Location
Flixton
Place	Flixton
Local authority	Trafford
Operations
Station code	FLI
Managed by	Northern Rail
Platforms in use	2
Annual entry/exit 04/05	0.065 million **
History
Key dates	Opened <no data> Closed 1990 Station buildings demolished 2001
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** based on sales of tickets in 2004/05 financial year which end or originate at Flixton. Disclaimer (PDF)

Flixton railway station is in the Trafford metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in the north west of England. The station, and all services calling there, is operated by Northern Rail.

Services are roughly hourly in each direction, towards Irlam and Liverpool Lime Street to the west and towards Chassen Road and Manchester Oxford Road in the east. Extra services call at this station during the peak-hours, however services are less frequent in the evenings and the station is closed on Sundays.

The station building was converted into a pub and restaurant called The Station (part of the Henry's Table group) and subsequently a nightclub and bar in the 1990's named Brunel's Bar. This closed, and was subsequently destroyed in a fire in 1997. The building was later demolished in 2001, and the plot currently stands empty. The original footbridge remains in situ and is still open for use. The only other structure is a small "bus stop"-style shelter on the Down platform.

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

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