Swinton (Manchester) railway station

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Swinton (Gr Manchester)
Location
Place	Swinton
Local authority	Salford
Operations
Station code	SNN
Managed by	Northern Rail
Platforms in use
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2005/06 *	0.072 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Greater Manchester
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Swinton (Gr Manchester) from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Swinton (Manchester) railway station serves the town of Swinton in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England.

Swinton is one of the local stations that lie on the Atherton line, between Wigan and Manchester. The station is located 9 km (6 miles) west of Manchester Victoria with regular Northern Rail services to these towns as well as Salford, Atherton and Hindley, with onward trains to Kirkby and Southport.

Although the station is in the City of Salford, rather than Manchester, the name "Swinton (Manchester)" is used by National Rail to refer to the station (to avoid confusion with Swinton railway station in South Yorkshire).

Swinton railway station is one of the most basic ones in the area, tickets are only available until 2pm, after this time one must purchase tickets on board train. It also has no screens showing times and departures.

[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.

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Swinton (Manchester) railway station from National Rail

Coordinates: 53°30′53″N 2°20′12″W / 53.5148, -2.3367

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