Patricroft railway station serving

Patricroft Patricroft is a suburb near Eccles, Greater Manchester, England. History Patricroft may derive its name from 'Pear-tree croft', or more likely, 'Patrick's Croft'. In 1836, Scottish engineer James Nasmyth, in partnership with Holbrook Gaskell, bu ...

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, England. The station is on Green Lane, just north of the junction with Cromwell Road and just east of the

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. It is situated west of

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on the former

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, which was electrified in stages between 2013 and 2015.

History

The station is situated on the world's first inter-city passenger railway, between Liverpool and Manchester, and is also located close to the world's first commercial canal. The station used to have an adjacent engine shed, Patricroft MPD, which was located to the rear of the Manchester-bound platform on the northern side of the station. The engine shed opened in 1884 and closed in 1968. The majority of the station buildings were demolished in the 1980s, with only a waiting shelter remaining on each platform.

Facilities

The station is unstaffed and has no permanent buildings; it does now though have ticket machines in place to allow passengers to buy tickets (or a permit to travel) prior to boarding. Train running information is provided by telephone, digital PIS screens and timetable posters. The platforms are linked by subway, but neither have step-free access as the subway has stairs from the station entrance to platform level.

Services

Monday to Saturdays there is generally an hourly service from the station to via Manchester Piccadilly and eastbound, and Newton-le-Willows and

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westbound. These are operated by the

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Class 319 and

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EMUs on a stopping service between Liverpool and Manchester. Services to and from

are now very limited (peak periods and late evenings) since the May 2018 timetable change. The Sunday service is the same, although trains operate to via Piccadilly and the Airport.

References

External links

Friends of Patricroft Station - campaign group for improvements to the railway stationThe station on an 1849 OS map via ''National Library of Scotland''
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