Ashton-under-Lyne railway station

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Ashton-under-Lyne
Location
Place	Ashton-under-Lyne
Local authority	Tameside
Operations
Station code	AHN
Managed by	Northern Rail
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2005/06 *	0.338 million
History
Key dates	Opened <no data>
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ashton-under-Lyne from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Ashton-under-Lyne railway station serves Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester. It lies on the Huddersfield Line 10 km (6½ miles) east of Manchester Victoria and is operated by Northern Rail..

[edit] History

There were once three stations in the town: Charlestown, Park Parade and Oldham Road. Also, Guide Bridge, a few miles away, was known as Ashton & Hooley Hill and then Ashton in its earliest years.

Charlestown Station — the present Ashton-under-Lyne station — was owned by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, who ran services between Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge. The London North Western Railway also ran services along the line, most only calling at Ashton and Stalybridge before continuing to Leeds. The station once sported a large booking hall, where the car park is currently.

Park Parade Station was located on the Guide Bridge–Stalybridge line; the only remains of the station is the "Station Inn", a short stroll away.

Oldham Road Station was located on the line to Oldham (originally known as the Oldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge Railway), which continued to Park Bridge before reaching Clegg Street, Oldham.

[edit] The current station

Ashton-under-Lyne station consists of a island platform, is wheelchair accessible and also has a passenger lift. This was installed due to the steep gradient between street level and platform level. Features of the station include a waiting room, ticket desk, wheelchair-accessible toilet and a hot-drinks vending machine.

[edit] Services

Monday to Saturdays, there is a half-hourly link from Ashton-under-Lyne to and from Manchester Victoria eastbound and an hourly service to Huddersfield (westbound). Passengers can change at Stalybridge to join Transpennine Express services to Leeds and beyond.

Sundays there is an hourly service to Manchester Victoria.

[edit] References

• The Manchester and Leeds Railway by Martin Bairstow

[edit] External links

Railways in Tameside

Legend To Oldham To Saddleworth Park Bridge To Saddleworth Mossley Micklehurst Oldham Road Staley and Millbrook To Manchester Droylsden Stalybridge Ashton Charlestown Ashton Moss Ashton Park Parade Dukinfield Central Dukinfield and Ashton Guide Bridge Fairfield To Manchester Hooley Hill Hyde North Flowery Field Denton Hyde Central Newton for Hyde To Marple Godley To Stockport Hattersley Broadbottom To Glossop

• "SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST BOYS AT ASHTON": Placing Obstructions on the Railway" (news story from 1901, describing vandalism at Oldham Road)

• Train times and station information for Ashton-under-Lyne railway station from National Rail

Coordinates: 53.4913° N 2.0943° W

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[edit] References

The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society, LYR Branchiline 14 - "The Ashton and Stalybridge Branch", by Robert F Hartley.