Broadbottom
Broadbottom railway station in 2008
General information
Location	Broadbottom,Tameside England
Grid reference	SJ989937
Managed by	Northern Trains
Transit authority	Transport for Greater Manchester
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BDB
Classification	DfT category E
Passengers
2019/20	0.202 million
2020/21	35,400
2021/22	99,086
2022/23	0.103 million
2023/24	0.120 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from theOffice of Rail and Road

Broadbottom railway station serves the village ofBroadbottom inGreater Manchester,England. It is on theManchester-Glossop Line, 10 miles (16 km) east ofManchester Piccadilly. It was opened by theSheffield, Ashton-Under-Lyne and Manchester Railway in 1842. It was renamedMottram in 1845, but has since reverted to its original name.

East of the station isBroadbottom Viaduct which carries the line 120 feet (37 m) over theRiver Etherow. The official length of the viaduct is 422 feet 6 inches (128.78 m).

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The station is situated between mileposts9+3⁄4 and 10 and has had various names over time. The Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne & Manchester Railway called itBroadbottom when it opened on 10 December 1842. In July 1845, the name becameMottram. The MS&L later decided on the best of both worlds when they renamed the stationMottram and Broadbottom on 1 May 1884. From 1 August 1897, the MS&LR became theGreat Central Railway (GCR) and this was merged with other companies to form theLondon and North Eastern Railway (LNER) on 1 January 1923. Modern officials were not happy with such duplicity and the station reverted to its original title on 1 January 1954. Something of the former legend, though, was applied with the suffixfor Mottram and Charlesworth remaining in use until comparatively recently.

Goods facilities here ceased on 15 July 1963, but the station remains open to passengers today. Never catering for more than local traffic, the station did have a moment of glory for a short period in the 1920s, when the LNER's morning restaurant car express fromManchester London Road toLondon Marylebone called here.

The wooden shelter was removed in March 2021.^[1]

The station has retained its ticket office, which is staffed six days per week (Mondays to Fridays 06:15 - 13:25, Saturdays 06:40 - 14:00, closed Sundays). Outside these times, tickets must be purchased prior to travel or on board the train. There is also a waiting room in the main building and a shelter on the Glossop-bound platform; the remaining buildings on the westbound side are now in private ownership. Train running details can be obtained via timetable posters, digital CIS displays and telephone. Level access is available only from the car park to platform 1, as both access routes to the opposite side require the use of steps.^[2]

There is a generally half-hourly daily service each way, with weekday peak extras, between Manchester Piccadilly,Glossop andHadfield.^[3] Trains operate hourly in the evenings in each direction. Early morning, rush hour and late evening services start or terminate at Glossop.^{[citation needed]}

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  The platforms in 1965.
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  The station offices in the same year.

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• Train times andstation information for Broadbottom railway station fromNational Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Hattersley		Northern Trains Glossop Line		Dinting
Historical railways
Godley Junction Line open, station closed		Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Woodhead Line		Dinting Line and station open

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

53°26′27″N2°00′59″W / 53.4408°N 2.0165°W /53.4408; -2.0165

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