Broadbottom railway station

Broadbottom
Broadbottom railway station 2008
Location
Place	Broadbottom
Local authority	Tameside
Grid reference	SJ989937
Operations
Station code	BDB
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	97,743
2005/06	107,315
2006/07	96,795
2007/08	98,055
2008/09	122,060
2009/10	119,014
2010/11	126,480
2011/12	132,916
2012/13	0.149 million
2013/14	0.156 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Greater Manchester
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Broadbottom from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Broadbottom railway station serves the village of Broadbottom in Greater Manchester, England. It is on the Manchester-Glossop Line, 10 miles (16 km) east of Manchester Piccadilly. It was opened by the Sheffield, Ashton-Under-Lyne and Manchester Railway in 1842. It was renamed "Mottram" in 1845, but has since reverted to its original name.

East of the station is the Etherow Viaduct that crosses 120 feet (36 m) over the River Etherow. The official length of the viaduct is 422 feet 6 inches (127 m 76 cm) long.

Services

There is generally a half-hourly daily service to Manchester Piccadilly and Hadfield. Trains operate hourly evenings in each direction. Early morning, rush hour and late evening services start or terminate at Glossop.

History

The station is situated between milepost 9 ³⁄₄ and 10 and has had various names over time. The Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne & Manchester Railway called it "Broadbottom" when it opened on 10 December 1842. In July 1845, the name became "Mottram". The MS&L later decided on the best of both worlds when they renamed the station "Mottram and Broadbottom" on 1 May 1884. From 1 August 1897, the MS&LR became the Great Central Railway (GCR), and the GCR was merged with other companies to form the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) on 1 January 1923.

Modern officials were not happy with such duplicity and the station reverted to its original title on 1 January 1954. Something of the former legend, though, was applied with the suffix "for Mottram and Charlesworth" remaining in use until comparatively recently.

Goods facilities here ceased on 15 July 1963 and the station remains open today. Catering for never more than local traffic the station did have a moment of glory for a short period in the 1920s, when the LNERs morning restaurant car express from Manchester London Road to London Marylebone called here.

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  The platforms in 1965.

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  The station offices in the same year.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Broadbottom railway station.

• Train times and station information for Broadbottom railway station from National Rail
• The Viaduct on Flickr - picture of the Broadbottom Viaduct

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Hattersley		Northern Rail Manchester-Glossop Line		Dinting

Tameside Lines

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

Coordinates: 53°26′27″N 2°00′59″W / 53.4408°N 2.0165°W / 53.4408; -2.0165