Castleton Railway Station

Castleton railway station serves Castleton in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. It is 8¾ miles (14 km) north of Manchester Victoria on the Caldervale Line operated and managed by Northern. ServicesOn Monday to Saturday daytimes, there is a half-hourly service in each direction. Two per hour southbound to Manchester Victoria, with hourly extensions to Wigan Wallgate and two per hour northbound to Todmorden, with one of these continuing on to Leeds via Hebden Bridge and Brighouse and the other to via. There are no longer any through services to Manchester via Oldham; the Oldham Loop Line trains that served here no longer run, as the route has been converted for light rail use by Manchester Metrolink. Evenings see the same half-hourly pattern but with trains to Leeds via Bradford Interchange rather than via Dewsbury; on Sundays there is an hourly service to Manchester Victoria and to Blackburn. HistoryThe original station opened in 1839 at Blue Pits on the other side of the Rochdale-Manchester Road bridge. It was originally called Blue Pits for Heywood. The current station opened on 1 November 1875. The Liverpool and Bury Railway from Bolton (extended through from Bolton and beyond in 1848 to join the earlier M& L Heywood branch previously opened in 1841) used to join the main line at a triangular junction a short distance south of the station. This was at one time a busy passenger & freight route often used by trains avoiding the busy Manchester area, but was closed to passengers on 5 October 1970.

Castleton railway station serves Castleton in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. It is 8¾ miles (14 km) north of Manchester Victoria on the Caldervale Line operated and managed by Northern. ServicesOn Monday to Saturday daytimes, there is a half-hourly service in each direction. Two per hour southbound to Manchester Victoria, with hourly extensions to Wigan Wallgate and two per hour northbound to Todmorden, with one of these continuing on to Leeds via Hebden Bridge and Brighouse and the other to via. There are no longer any through services to Manchester via Oldham; the Oldham Loop Line trains that served here no longer run, as the route has been converted for light rail use by Manchester Metrolink. Evenings see the same half-hourly pattern but with trains to Leeds via Bradford Interchange rather than via Dewsbury; on Sundays there is an hourly service to Manchester Victoria and to Blackburn. HistoryThe original station opened in 1839 at Blue Pits on the other side of the Rochdale-Manchester Road bridge. It was originally called Blue Pits for Heywood. The current station opened on 1 November 1875. The Liverpool and Bury Railway from Bolton (extended through from Bolton and beyond in 1848 to join the earlier M& L Heywood branch previously opened in 1841) used to join the main line at a triangular junction a short distance south of the station. This was at one time a busy passenger & freight route often used by trains avoiding the busy Manchester area, but was closed to passengers on 5 October 1970.