Eccles Railway Station

Eccles railway station serves the town of Eccles, Greater Manchester, England. It was opened on 15 September 1830 by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L& M). The station is next to the M602 motorway and is a short distance from Eccles Interchange. A short freight-only branch line diverges from the main line here, which descends into the Manchester Ship Canal docks at Salford Quays to serve a Blue Circle cement terminal. The branch now occupies the former slow lines formation, as the L& M was formerly quadruple track from here to Manchester. The old slow line platforms can just be made out, though they are fenced off and heavily overgrown (the lines themselves were mostly lifted in the early 1970s, apart from the docks branch). The substantial street-level buildings built by the LNWR were also demolished in 1971, after being seriously damaged by fire. FacilitiesThe station is staffed part-time, with a small ticket office at street level. This is manned in the morning and early afternoon six days per week . There are basic shelters, digital information screens and timetable poster boards on each platform, along with a P. A system to provide automated train running announcements . Step-free access isn't possible to either platform, as they can only reached by staircases from the road above. ServicesMonday to Saturdays there is generally an hourly service from Eccles to Manchester Victoria eastbound and Liverpool Lime Street westbound. Extra trains run at peak periods.

Eccles railway station serves the town of Eccles, Greater Manchester, England. It was opened on 15 September 1830 by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L& M). The station is next to the M602 motorway and is a short distance from Eccles Interchange. A short freight-only branch line diverges from the main line here, which descends into the Manchester Ship Canal docks at Salford Quays to serve a Blue Circle cement terminal. The branch now occupies the former slow lines formation, as the L& M was formerly quadruple track from here to Manchester. The old slow line platforms can just be made out, though they are fenced off and heavily overgrown (the lines themselves were mostly lifted in the early 1970s, apart from the docks branch). The substantial street-level buildings built by the LNWR were also demolished in 1971, after being seriously damaged by fire. FacilitiesThe station is staffed part-time, with a small ticket office at street level. This is manned in the morning and early afternoon six days per week . There are basic shelters, digital information screens and timetable poster boards on each platform, along with a P. A system to provide automated train running announcements . Step-free access isn't possible to either platform, as they can only reached by staircases from the road above. ServicesMonday to Saturdays there is generally an hourly service from Eccles to Manchester Victoria eastbound and Liverpool Lime Street westbound. Extra trains run at peak periods.