Ashton-under-Lyne
The station's island platform, looking towards Manchester.
General information
Location	Ashton-under-Lyne,Tameside England
Coordinates	53°29′29″N2°05′39″W / 53.4913°N 2.0943°W /53.4913; -2.0943
Grid reference	SJ938993
Managed by	Northern Trains
Transit authority	Greater Manchester
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	AHN
Classification	DfT category E
History
Original company	Ashton, Stalybridge & Liverpool Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland & Scottish Railway
Key dates
13 April 1846 (1846-04-13)	Opened as Ashton
1874	Renamed Ashton (Charlestown)
6 May 1968	Renamed Ashton-under-Lyne
Passengers
2019/20	0.362 million
2020/21	70,596
2021/22	0.168 million
2022/23	0.142 million
2023/24	0.154 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from theOffice of Rail and Road

Ashton-under-Lyne railway station serves the town ofAshton-under-Lyne, inGreater Manchester, England. It lies on theHuddersfield Line 6½ miles (10 km) east ofManchester Victoria and is operated byNorthern Trains.

The station is a short walk fromAshton-under-Lyne bus station andAshton-under-Lyne tram stop which opened in 2013, and is served byManchester Metrolink trams toDroylsden, Manchester, andEccles.

The station, known originally as Ashton, was opened by theAshton, Stalybridge & Liverpool Junction Railway (AS&LJR) on 13 April 1846.^[1][2] The AS&LJR was absorbed by theManchester & Leeds Railway in 1847, which was then renamed theLancashire & Yorkshire Railway (LYR).^[3] The LYR renamed it Ashton (Charlestown) in 1874.^[1] The LYR amalgamated with theLondon & North Western Railway at the start of 1922, and these in turn amalgamated with several other companies on 1 January 1923, to form theLondon, Midland & Scottish Railway during the1923 Grouping. It then passed to theLondon Midland Region of British Railways onnationalisation in 1948. It was renamed Ashton-under-Lyne on 6 May 1968.^[1]

WhenSectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served byRegional Railwaysunder arrangement with theGreater Manchester PTE until theprivatisation of British Rail. Usage at this time was relatively low and trains called only rarely (see BR timetable 1974, 1975 et seq.). The train service was not regular and in essence operated at peak times only.

There were once three stations in the town: Charlestown,Park Parade andOldham Road. Also,Guide Bridge, a few miles away, was known as Ashton & Hooley Hill and then Ashton in its earliest years.

Charlestown Station — the present Ashton-under-Lyne station — was owned by theLancashire & Yorkshire Railway, who ran services between Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge. TheLondon & North Western Railway also ran services along the line, most only calling at Ashton and Stalybridge before continuing to Leeds. The station once sported a large booking hall, where the car park is currently, as well as a substantial canopy.^[4]

Park Parade Station was located on theGuide Bridge–Stalybridge line; the only remains of the station is the "Station Inn", a short stroll away.

Oldham Road Station was located on the line toOldham (originally owned by theOldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge Railway), which continued toPark Bridge before reachingClegg Street, Oldham.

Ashton-under-Lyne station consists of a singleisland platform, accessible via a ramp from the underpass at street level, it is wheelchair accessible and also has a passenger lift. This was installed due to the 1-in-8 gradient between street level and platform level^[5] Facilities of the station include a waiting room, ticket desk, wheelchair-accessible toilet and a hot-drinks vending machine.

A 3-week engineering blockade in July 2017 saw the track through the station re-aligned and a road underbridge replaced to allow for faster line speeds. Replacement buses were provided, with through trains diverted or terminating short at Stalybridge.^[6]

The typical off-peak service from the station is:^[7]

• 1tph (train per hour) toManchester Victoria
• 1tph toStalybridge

The same frequency operates on a Sunday. Trains continue beyond Manchester toBolton and then eitherSouthport (Mondays to Saturdays) or Wigan North Western (Sundays only).

• 
  Station entrance
• 
  The station platform and building.
• 
  The waiting area on platform 1.
• 
  ANorthernClass 150 waits at platform 2.

• Jowett, Alan (2000).Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers.ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1.OCLC 228266687.
• The Manchester and Leeds Railway by Martin Bairstow
• The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society, LYR Branchiline 14 - "The Ashton and Stalybridge Branch", by Robert F Hartley.

Wikimedia Commons has media related toAshton-under-Lyne railway station.

• Train times andstation information for Ashton-under-Lyne railway station fromNational Rail
• "SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST BOYS AT ASHTON": Placing Obstructions on the Railway" (news story from 1901, describing vandalism at Oldham Road)

v t e Railway lines in Tameside
Legend
Oldham Lines toOldham Oldham Lines toSaddleworth Mossley Micklehurst Loop Park Bridge Micklehurst Oldham Road Staley and Millbrook Manchester Lines North toManchester Victoria Stalybridge Droylsden Ashton-under-Lyne Ashton West Ashton-under-Lyne Ashton Moss Ashton Park Parade Audenshaw (1st station) Ashton Moss Audenshaw Dukinfield and Ashton Droylsden Dukinfield Central Cemetery Road Metrolink toManchester Piccadilly Guide Bridge Audenshaw (2nd station) Fairfield Manchester Lines South toHyde Road Flowery Field Manchester Lines North toManchester Piccadilly Hyde North Denton Hyde Central Stockport Lines toStockport Newton for Hyde toMarple Godley Hattersley Broadbottom Glossop lines toGlossop &Hadfield

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Manchester Victoria		Northern Huddersfield Line		Stalybridge
	Disused railways
Droylsden Line open, station closed		Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Ashton, Stalybridge & Liverpool Junction Railway		Stalybridge (L&Y) Line and station closed

• Railway stations in Tameside
• DfT Category E stations
• Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations
• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1846
• Railway stations served by Northern
• Buildings and structures in Ashton-under-Lyne
• 1846 establishments in England

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