Patricroft railway station

Template:Short descriptionTemplate:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Template other Patricroft railway station serves Patricroft in Greater Manchester, England. The station is on Green Lane, just north of the junction with Cromwell Road and just east of the Bridgewater Canal. It is situated west of Manchester Victoria on the former Liverpool and Manchester Railway, which was electrified in stages between 2013 and 2015.

History

File:Bromshall, Clifton (Molyneux), Hay, Liskeard, Patricroft & Uttoxeter RJD 148.jpg

A 1905 Railway Clearing House Junction diagram showing (upper right) railways in the vicinity of Patricroft

The station is situated on the world's first inter-city passenger railway, between Liverpool and Manchester, and is also located close to the world's first commercial canal. The station used to have an adjacent engine shed, Patricroft MPD, which was located to the rear of the Manchester-bound platform on the northern side of the station. The engine shed opened in 1884 and closed in 1968. The majority of the station buildings were demolished in the 1980s, with only a waiting shelter remaining on each platform.

Facilities

The station is unstaffed and has no permanent buildings; it does now though have ticket machines in place to allow passengers to buy tickets (or a permit to travel) prior to boarding. Train running information is provided by telephone, digital PIS screens and timetable posters. The platforms are linked by subway, but neither have step-free access as the subway has stairs from the station entrance to platform level.

Services

Monday to Saturdays there is generally an hourly service from the station to Manchester Piccadilly and Template:Rws eastbound, and Newton-le-Willows and Liverpool Lime Street westbound. These are operated by the Class 331 and Class 323 EMUs on a stopping service between Liverpool and Manchester. Services to and from Manchester Victoria are now very limited (peak periods and late evenings) since the May 2018 timetable change.

The Sunday service is the same, although trains operate to Template:Rws via Piccadilly and the Airport.

Preceding station	National Rail National Rail			Following station
Newton-le-Willows	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 Trains Liverpool to Manchester 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;" |	Eccles
	Historical railways
Barton Moss Line open, station closed	style="background:#Template:LNWR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	London and North Western Railway Liverpool and Manchester Railway	style="background:#Template:LNWR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Eccles Line and station open

External links

• Train times and station information for Patricroft railway station from National Rail
• Friends of Patricroft Station - campaign group for improvements to the railway station
• The station on a 1948 OD map via npe maps
• The station on an 1849 OS map via National Library of ScotlandTemplate:Salford Lines