Walsden railway station

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Walsden railway station (Template:IPAc-en; Script error: No such module "Respell".) serves the village of Walsden, Todmorden in West Yorkshire, England, on the edge of the Pennines.

It is served by the Calder Valley line operated by Northern. The station is Script error: No such module "convert". west of Leeds and Script error: No such module "convert". 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]

Facilities

The station is unstaffed and has only basic facilities (no permanent buildings, just shelters on each platform). Ticket vending machines are provided to allow passengers to purchase these prior to travel, whilst digital information screens and timetable posters supply train running information. The station is fully accessible, with ramps to each platform for wheelchair and mobility impaired users.[3]

Services

Template:Northern (train operating company) route 9 There is an hourly service (Mondays to Fridays) to Manchester Victoria and Template:Rws southbound and to Leeds via Dewsbury northbound (since the May 2014 timetable change) with extra trains during peak times in each direction (including some trains to Burnley and Blackburn). 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.[4] Sundays see the station served hourly by the Blackburn to Manchester and Southport trains.

History

The station has had problems with flooding for many years, with the most recent bout occurring on 26 December 2015.[5] The line was blocked the following day, but reopened to traffic on 28 December. Further heavy rain in November 2019 also caused the line to be closed for 24 hours because of high water levels at a river bridge just to the west of the station.

References

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  1. ↑ Bairstow, M. (1983), The Manchester & Leeds Railway (The Calder Valley Line), Wyvern Publishing, Skipton, Template:ISBN, p. 72
  2. ↑ Joy, D. (1975), A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain, Volume 8, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, Template:ISBN
  3. ↑ Walsden Station FacilitiesNational Rail Enquiries Retrieved 19 February 2019
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  5. ↑ East Lancs passengers asked to check before they travelNetwork Rail Media Centre

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External links

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Littleborough 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;" |   Todmorden

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