Oldham Werneth railway station
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| Oldham Werneth | |||
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| Oldham Werneth railway station in 1988 | |||
| Location | |||
| Place | Werneth | ||
| Local authority | Oldham | ||
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| Station code | OLW | ||
| Managed by | Northern Rail | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2005/06 * | 38,409 | ||
| Passenger Transport Executive | |||
| PTE | Greater Manchester | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Oldham Werneth from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Oldham Werneth railway station is a small railway station on the Oldham Loop Line, 10 km (6¼ miles) north east of Manchester Victoria. The station is situated on Featherstall Road South, Werneth, in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England.
It predominantly serves local Chadderton, Westwood and Werneth residents. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern Rail.
The station was built originally to serve the Platt Bros. of Oldham, a huge cotton spinning engineering company, who had their headquarters in Werneth. However, this company no longer exists.
A former branch line called the Werneth Incline, ran from Werneth Station down to Middleton Junction. The incline which had a gradient of 1 in 27, was one of the steepest stretches of main line in the country. The Werneth Incline closed in 1963.
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[edit] Services
It is served every half-hour towards Manchester Victoria southbound and Rochdale northbound on Monday to Saturdays. In the evenings and on Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction.
[edit] Future
It has been proposed that this station will be converted to Manchester Metrolink as part of the plans for Phase 3a, and may still be in use in Phase 3b.
[edit] References
- An Illustrated History of Oldham's Railways by John Hooper (ISBN 1-871608-19-8)
- The Oldham Loop by Jeffrey Wells (ISBN 1-870119-76-2)
- The Manchester and Leeds Railway by Martin Bairstow
- http://www.lrta.org/Manchester/Oldham_Rochdale.html
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Oldham Werneth railway station from National Rail
| The Oldham Loop Line |
| Stations (anticlockwise from Manchester) Manchester Victoria |
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Oldham Mumps | Northern Rail Oldham Loop Line |
Hollinwood | ||
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Middleton Junction | L&YR Werneth Incline |
Oldham Central | ||
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