Flixton railway station

Flixton National Rail
Location
Place Flixton
Local authority Trafford
Coordinates 53°26′38″N 2°23′00″W / 53.4439°N 2.3833°W / 53.4439; -2.3833Coordinates: 53°26′38″N 2°23′00″W / 53.4439°N 2.3833°W / 53.4439; -2.3833
Grid reference SJ746941
Operations
Station code FLI
Managed by Northern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05   64,686
2005/06 Increase 66,263
2006/07 Decrease 60,274
2007/08 Decrease 60,025
2008/09 Increase 70,466
2009/10 Increase 70,718
2010/11 Increase 78,854
2011/12 Increase 82,390
2012/13 Increase 82,834
2013/14 Increase 93,018
2014/15 Increase 98,610
History
Original company Cheshire Lines Committee
Pre-grouping Cheshire Lines Committee
Post-grouping Cheshire Lines Committee
1 October 1873 (1873-10-01) Station opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Flixton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Flixton railway station is in Flixton, Greater Manchester, in the North West of England. The station, and all services calling there, are operated by Northern. It is 6 12 miles (10.5 km) west of Manchester Oxford Road on the Manchester to Liverpool Line.

History

The station once had a small goods yard on the northern side of the main line, the bay platform for which still exists although it is no longer in use. The goods yard itself is now a car park. All the track relating to the goods yard has been removed.

In the 1990s, the station building was converted into a pub and restaurant and then into a nightclub and bar. It was destroyed by fire in 1997 and was demolished in 2001.

Facilities

The ticket office on Flixton Road bridge, a portable building installed to replace the demolished station building, is manned Monday-Friday between 06:25-13:45. At other times, tickets are purchased from a conductor on the train.

The original footbridge remains and is still in use. A small "bus stop" style shelter on the down platform also survives from the original station building.

Services

Services are roughly hourly in each direction, towards Irlam and Liverpool Lime Street to the west, and towards Chassen Road and Manchester Oxford Road to the east. Extra services call at the station during peak-hours, whilst some evening services terminate at Warrington Central; there is no Sunday service.[1]

References

  1. GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 89
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Preceding station National Rail Following station
Irlam   Northern
Manchester to Liverpool Line
Mondays-Saturdays only
  Chassen Road


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