Salford Crescent for University of Salford  | |||||
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 Salford Crescent railway station in 2014 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Salford,City of Salford England | ||||
| Grid reference | SJ818988 | ||||
| Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
| Transit authority | Greater Manchester | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | SLD | ||||
| Classification | DfT category C2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | British Rail | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 11 May 1987 (1987-05-11) | Station opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  1.442 million | ||||
| Interchange |  0.516 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 0.320 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.131 million | ||||
| 2021/22 | 0.956 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.284 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 1.121 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.245 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 1.207 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.173 million | ||||
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Salford Crescent railway station is a railway station inSalford, Greater Manchester, England, opened byBritish Rail in 1987.
The station is 1 mile (1.6 km) west ofSalford Central, 1.75 miles (2.82 km) west ofManchester Victoria and 2.25 miles (3.62 km) west ofManchester Piccadilly. It consists of a single island platform with a ticket office and waiting room.
The station is near theUniversity of Salford, between the Peel Park and Frederick Road Campus.
Salford Crescent is the point of a split in theManchester–Preston line, with local services running on to Manchester Victoria and long-distance services going to Manchester Piccadilly (via the 1988Windsor Link to Ordsall Lane Junction), and is also part of the line between Manchester andSouthport, frequently being used as an interchange between the two lines. Manchester North signalling centre was formerly located at the station, prior to its closure in April 2015.[1][2] Ticket gates have been in operation at the station since 2016.
All services are operated byNorthern Trains. As of December 2022, the typical weekday off-peak service is:[3]
Northbound
Southbound
Services are significantly reduced on Sundays, with 1 train per hour to each ofBlackpool North,Southport,Clitheroe,Wigan North Western,Stalybridge,Blackburn viaManchester Victoria andManchester Airport.
Engineering work on the heavily delayedManchester–Preston line electrification project saw all weekend services here suspended (and replaced by buses) for much of 2017-18 (through trains being diverted via Eccles and the West Coast Main Line) - these blockades continued until November 2018. Electric services commenced on Monday 11 February 2019 utilisingClass 319 electric multiple units.
Salford Crescent is served by route 50, operated byMetroline Manchester on behalf ofTransport for Greater Manchester'sBee Network, a radial cross-city bus service between East Didsbury and MediaCityUK.[4] Routes 8, 31, 36, 37, 67 and 100 also stop outside the station and run to Manchester, terminating at eitherPiccadilly Gardens orShudehill Interchange. Services from Manchester head towardsBolton,Eccles,Swinton,Pendlebury,Trafford Centre,Warrington andFarnworth.[5]
In 2007, Network Rail recognised that Salford Crescent could not cope with existing passenger levels, leading to platform overcrowding.[6] It suggested expansion of the station with extra platforms, greater use of it as an interchange and use as a terminus for services from east of Manchester. It also raised the possibility of moving the station.
In 2012, improvement work started at the station, including platform extensions, a new rain canopy and the relocation of the ticket office to street level.[7] The works were completed in October 2013 and officially opened byMayor of Salford,Ian Stewart.
On 25 May 2023, it was announced that a third platform would be added.[8][9]
Although it does not include the line viaAtherton to Wigan, the main line connecting Manchester stations to Preston and Blackpool passing through Salford Crescent has been electrified. The physical-civil engineering work was hit by a number of delays which delayed its completion by two years.[10] The first electric test trains ran on the night of 13 December 2018,[11] and the first electric passenger services commenced in early February 2019, utilisingClass 319 electric multiple units.
The station's ticket office is staffed throughout the week (06:30 to 21:45 weekdays and Saturdays, 09:10 to 16:00 on Sundays) and there is a self-service ticket machine in the booking hall. A waiting room, digital information screens and automated announcements are provided at platform level. Step-free access is via a lift from the road bridge and ticket hall (there is also a staircase to the platform).[12]
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Past, present and future |
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