Castleton railway station
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History
The original station opened in 1839, at Blue Pits on the western side of the Rochdale-Manchester Road bridge. It was originally called Blue Pits for Heywood. The current station opened on 1 November 1875. The Liverpool and Bury Railway from Template:Rws (extended through from Bolton and beyond in 1848 to join the earlier M&L Heywood branch previously opened in 1841, which was worked by horses) used to join the main line at a triangular junction a short distance south of the station. This was at one time a busy passenger and freight route often used by trains avoiding the busy Manchester area, but was closed to passengers on 5 October 1970.[1]
The station was also part of the Oldham Loop Line, on which there were through services to Template:Rws, via Template:Rws. This route was closed in 2009 and has now been converted for light rail use by Manchester Metrolink.
Facilities
The station is not staffed, but a ticket machine is available. Shelters and passenger information screens are located on each platform and both have step-free access from the street; there are also staircases from Manchester Road bridge to both platforms.[2]
Services
On Monday to Saturday daytimes, Northern Trains operates a half-hourly service in each direction. The basic pattern is for trains to start at Rochdale, then stop at all stations to Manchester Victoria, then via Salford Central, Salford Crescent, Bolton and Template:Rws to Blackburn, with alternate trains continuing through to Template:Rws.
On Sundays, the service pattern is hourly in each direction between Manchester Victoria, Rochdale, Todmorden, Burnley, Accrington and Blackburn. Southbound trains continue beyond Victoria to Template:Rws and Template:Rws, via Atherton.[3]
| Preceding station | National Rail National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mills Hill | style="background:#Template:Northern colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Northern Caldervale Line |
style="background:#Template:Northern colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Rochdale |
| Heywood Line closed, station open |
style="background:#Template:LYR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway | style="background:#Template:LYR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Rochdale Line and station open |
| Terminus | style="background:#Template:Heritage rail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | East Lancashire Railway | style="background:#Template:Heritage rail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Heywood Line closed, station open |
East Lancashire Railway future
The western portion of this line was retained for freight traffic after passenger trains ceased (serving the coal depot at Rawtenstall until 1980 and subsequently to the Powell Duffryn wagon works); it now forms the link with the East Lancashire Railway heritage route at Template:Rws.[4]
The heritage line plans to extend its services along and towards a possible new bay platform adjacent to the main station in the future,[5] subject to permission being granted by Network Rail.
The bay platform, named Castleton Village, will be adjacent to the main station at Castleton, from where passengers could alight and change station sides directly to Northern Trains' services on the national network. Rochdale Council commissioned a study by transport consultants Mouchel in conjunction with the ELR regarding the proposals in 2010; their report covers the tourism and regeneration aspects of any such future development.
References
Citations
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- ↑ Marshall, p.45
- ↑ Castleton (Manchester) station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 30 November 2016
- ↑ Template:NRtimes
- ↑ Your Heywood - Heywood Railway Station Template:Webarchive www.heywood-lancs.co.uk; Retrieved 22 August 2013
- ↑ Minister steams in for talks on new lineBury Times news article; Retrieved 22 August 2013
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Sources
- Bairstow, Martin, The Manchester and Leeds Railway (1983), (Template:ISBN)
- Marshall, John, Forgotten Railways: North-West England (1981), David & Charles (Publishers) Ltd, Newton Abbott. (Template:ISBN)
External links
- Train times and station information for Castleton railway station from National Rail
- The Castleton and Heywood Masterplan 2010Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Mouchel's report on potential ELR extension through to Castleton station.
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