Walsden railway station
Walsden | |
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The view from platform 2 | |
Location | |
Place | Walsden, Todmorden |
Local authority | Calderdale |
Coordinates | 53°41′47″N 2°06′17″W / 53.696340°N 2.104670°WCoordinates: 53°41′47″N 2°06′17″W / 53.696340°N 2.104670°W |
Grid reference | SD931222 |
Operations | |
Station code | WDN |
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 | 0.126 million |
2005/06 | 0.133 million |
2006/07 | 0.120 million |
2007/08 | 0.117 million |
2008/09 | 0.113 million |
2009/10 | 95,548 |
2010/11 | 99,048 |
2011/12 | 92,686 |
2012/13 | 0.102 million |
Passenger Transport Executive | |
PTE | West Yorkshire (Metro) |
Zone | 5 |
History | |
Key dates | Opened 1990 |
National Rail – UK railway stations | |
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Walsden from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
UK Railways portal |
Walsden railway station serves the village of Walsden, Todmorden in West Yorkshire, England, on the edge of the Pennines.
It is served by the Caldervale Line operated by Northern Rail. The station is 32 miles (51 km) west of Leeds and 17.25 miles (28 km) north east of Manchester Victoria. Walsden is the last station before the boundary with Greater Manchester. The station was opened by Metro (West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive) on 10 September 1990 as a replacement for an earlier structure that closed on 6 August 1961. This earlier station, which was opened in 1845 by the Manchester & Leeds Railway, predecessor of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, was situated between the level crossing and the north portal of Winterbutlee Tunnel, a few yards south of the present station.[1][2]
Services
There is an hourly service (Mondays to Fridays) to Manchester Victoria southbound and to Leeds via Dewsbury northbound (since the May 2014 timetable change) with extra trains during peak times in each direction. Passengers wishing to access destinations on the route via Halifax during the day now have to change at Todmorden or Hebden Bridge.
In the evenings, the frequency remains hourly but trains run via Halifax whilst on Sundays eastbound services terminate at Todmorden, where connections are available for stations further east.[3]
History
It was the only place in Todmorden to be bombed during the Second World War Blitz, probably because the German plane had a leftover bomb after a raid and so dropped it on what appeared to be an important site.
References
- ↑ Bairstow, M. (1983), The Manchester & Leeds Railway (The Calder Valley Line), Wyvern Publishing, Skipton, ISBN 0-907941-06-0, p. 72
- ↑ Joy, D. (1975), A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain, Volume 8, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, ISBN 0-7153-6883-4
- ↑ GB NRT May - December 2014 edition, Table 41
External links
- Train times and station information for Walsden railway station from National Rail
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