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{{Short description|Railway station in Greater Manchester, England}}{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2017}}
{{Infobox station
| name                = Broadbottom
| symbol_location     = gb
| symbol              = rail
| image               = Broadbottom Station - geograph.org.uk - 948765.jpg
| caption             = Broadbottom railway station in 2008
| borough             = [[Broadbottom]], [[Tameside]]
| country             = England
| grid_name           = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]]
| grid_position       = {{gbmapscaled|SJ989937|25|SJ989937}}
| manager             = [[Northern Trains]]
| platforms           = 2
| code                = BDB
| classification      = [[United Kingdom railway station categories|DfT category]] E
| transit_authority   = [[Transport for Greater Manchester]]
| mpassengers =
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{increase}} 0.202 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 35,400}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 99,086}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 0.103 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 0.120 million}}
| footnotes           = Passenger statistics from the [[Office of Rail and Road]]
}}

'''Broadbottom railway station''' serves the village of [[Broadbottom]] in [[Greater Manchester]], [[England]]. It is on the [[Manchester-Glossop Line]], {{convert|10|mi|km}} east of [[Manchester Piccadilly station|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 [[Broadbottom Viaduct]] which carries the line {{convert|120|ft|m}} over the [[River Etherow]]. The official length of the viaduct is {{convert|422|ft|6|in|m}}.


==History==
{{more citations needed section|date=January 2025}}
The station is situated between mileposts {{frac|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 this 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, but the station remains open to passengers today. Never catering for more than local traffic, the station did have a moment of glory for a short period in the 1920s, when the LNER's morning restaurant car express from [[Manchester London Road railway station|Manchester London Road]] to [[London Marylebone railway station|London Marylebone]] called here.

The wooden shelter was removed in March 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Broadbottom station group bid fond farewell to their 'shelter'|url=https://www.questmedianetwork.co.uk/news/tameside-reporter/broadbottom-station-group-bid-fond-farewell-to-their-shelter/|access-date=2021-02-27|website=Quest Media Network}}</ref>

==Facilities==
The station has retained its ticket office, which is staffed six days per week (Mondays to Fridays 06:15 - 13:25, Saturdays 06:40 - 14:00, closed Sundays).  Outside these times, tickets must be purchased prior to travel or on board the train.  There is also a waiting room in the main building and a shelter on the Glossop-bound platform; the remaining buildings on the westbound side are now in private ownership.  Train running details can be obtained via timetable posters, digital CIS displays and telephone.  Level access is available only from the car park to platform 1, as both access routes to the opposite side require the use of steps.<ref>[http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/BDB/details.html Broadbottom station facilities] ''National Rail Enquiries''; Retrieved 7 March 2017</ref>

== Services ==

There is a generally half-hourly daily service each way, with weekday peak extras, between Manchester Piccadilly, [[Glossop railway station|Glossop]] and [[Hadfield railway station|Hadfield]].<ref>GB eNRT, December 2016-May 2017 Edition, Table 79</ref> 
Trains operate hourly in the evenings in each direction. Early morning, rush hour and late evening services start or terminate at Glossop.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

<gallery>
File:Broadbottom 1 rail station1912415 30758c3b.jpg|The platforms in 1965.
File:Broadbottom 2 1912400 bf3c81a4.jpg|The station offices in the same year.
</gallery>

==References==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Broadbottom railway station}}
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[[Category:Railway stations in Tameside]]
[[Category:DfT Category E stations]]
[[Category:Former Great Central Railway stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1842]]
[[Category:Railway stations served by Northern]]
[[Category:Woodhead Line]]
[[Category:1842 establishments in England]]


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