Navigation Road station

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Navigation Road
Navigation Road railway station in 1988
Location
Place	Broadheath
Local authority	Trafford
Operations
Station code	NVR
Managed by	Northern Rail
Platforms in use	2 (1 National Rail, 1 Manchester Metrolink)
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2005/06 *	38,818 (National Rail passengers)
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Navigation Road from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Navigation Road railway station serves the Broadheath area of Altrincham in Greater Manchester, England. The station also serves as a Manchester Metrolink station. Trains run down only one of the two tracks and trams down the other.

There are level crossings at both ends of the station.

[edit] History

The station originally opened on 20 July 1931 on the Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway (MSJAR) following the electrification of that line, and was referred to as Navigation Road (Altrincham) on early tickets, timetables, etc. British Rail electric trains between Manchester and Altrincham ceased serving the station on 24 December 1991. The former Altrincham-bound (down) platform has since been used for Mid-Cheshire Line trains and the former Manchester-bound (up) platform reopened as a Metrolink stop on 15 June 1992.

[edit] External links

• Picture of Navigation Road station The Trams.co.uk
• Mid-Cheshire Community Rail Partnership

• Train times and station information for Navigation Road station from National Rail

Coordinates: 53°23′43″N, 2°20′36″W

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