# Walkden railway station > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Walkden_railway_station > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Walkden_railway_station.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkden_railway_station > Source revision: 1338290753 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Railway station in Greater Manchester, England Walkden General information Location Walkden, Salford England Grid reference SD738026 Managed by Northern Trains Transit authority Greater Manchester Platforms 2 Other information Station code WKD Classification DfT category E Key dates 1888 Opened Passengers 2020/21 70,630 2021/22 0.217 million 2022/23 0.242 million 2023/24 0.275 million 2024/25 0.301 million Location Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road **Walkden railway station** serves the town of [Walkden](/source/Walkden) in [City of Salford](/source/City_of_Salford), [Greater Manchester](/source/Greater_Manchester), England on the [Manchester to Southport Line](/source/Manchester_to_Southport_Line). The station is located 8+1⁄4 miles (13.3 km) north-west of [Manchester](/source/Manchester) with regular [Northern Trains](/source/Northern_Trains) services to these towns as well as the city of [Salford](/source/Salford%2C_Greater_Manchester), [Swinton](/source/Swinton%2C_Greater_Manchester) and [Hindley](/source/Hindley%2C_Greater_Manchester). It was opened by the [Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway](/source/Lancashire_and_Yorkshire_Railway). One of the busier stations on the line, the station used to be known as **Walkden High Level** to differentiate it from the [London and North Western Railway](/source/London_and_North_Western_Railway)'s [Walkden Low Level railway station](/source/Walkden_Low_Level_railway_station) (on the line from [Manchester Exchange](/source/Manchester_Exchange_station) to [Bolton Great Moor Street](/source/Bolton_Great_Moor_Street_railway_station), which was closed to passengers in 1954).[1] It controlled a junction for the goods line to [Ellesmere Colliery](/source/Ellesmere_Colliery).[2] First opened in 1888 with the line, it has only ever had two platform faces - when the line was quadrupled at the turn of the century, the two additional tracks were laid to the south and were not provided with platforms. The fast lines were subsequently decommissioned in November 1965 and lifted. In February 2007 the Friends of Walkden Station community volunteer group was founded to campaign for improvements to the station's facilities and services. One of the line's two remaining signal boxes was formerly located here (it acted as the 'fringe' box to Manchester Piccadilly signalling centre), but it and neighbouring Atherton Goods Yard box were both closed in the spring of 2013 and their semaphore signals replaced by colour lights worked from Piccadilly SCC.[3] ## Facilities The station has a staffed ticket office, though this is only staffed part-time (06:10 to 12:40 weekdays, 07:10 to 13:40 Saturdays, closed Sundays). A ticket machine is also available. Train running information is provided by digital display screens, automated announcements and timetable posters. No step-free access is possible, as the station is above street level and is reached via two flights of stairs.[4] On 11 March 2020, The Chancellor of The Exchequer announced that Walkden Station would be one of 12 stations to receive Access for All funding from [Network Rail](/source/Network_Rail), in order to develop step-free access to the station.[5] In April 2023, a Park and Ride facility for 107 cars was opened by Salford City Council. The site also includes a bike storage shed for 32 bikes, electric charging stations for electric vehicles and motorcycle bays.[6] ## Service The entrance to Walkden railway station Monday to Saturday daytimes, two trains per hour go eastbound to Manchester Victoria and two per hour towards Wigan - both trains continue to [Wigan Wallgate](/source/Wigan_Wallgate_railway_station) westbound and one continues to [Headbolt Lane](/source/Headbolt_Lane_railway_station) (down from three each way prior to the pandemic). Only one train per day (weekdays and Saturdays) continues to [Southport](/source/Southport_railway_station) since the summer 2019 timetable change. All Sunday services continue to Southport. Most Manchester departures continue along the [Caldervale Line](/source/Caldervale_Line) to [Todmorden](/source/Todmorden_railway_station), [Burnley Manchester Road](/source/Burnley_Manchester_Road_railway_station) and [Blackburn](/source/Blackburn_railway_station) or to [Leeds](/source/Leeds_railway_station) via [Brighouse](/source/Brighouse_railway_station).[7] On 18 December 2009 the [Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive](/source/Greater_Manchester_Passenger_Transport_Executive) (GMPTE) voted to approve funding for a one-year trial of Sunday trains from Walkden, starting on 23 May 2010.[8] This proved successful and now runs twice per hour in each direction (one Blackburn to Southport train and a second between Wigan and Manchester Victoria). ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [*Walkden Low Level Station*](http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/w/walkden_low_level/index.shtml), Subterranea Britannica, retrieved 20 January 2010 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Davies, A. (2013). *Walkden Yard: The Lancashire Central Coalfield Workshops*. Stroud: Amberley. p. 23. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-44561-705-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-44561-705-3). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Old Walkden station signal box in 2012](https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2864366) Whatley, Peter *Geograph.org*; Retrieved 20 December 2016 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Walkden station facilities](http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/wkd/details.html) *National Rail Enquiries*; Retrieved 20 December 2016 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Access for All – improving accessibility at railway stations nationwide"](https://www.networkrail.co.uk/communities/passengers/station-improvements/access-for-all-improving-accessibility-at-railway-stations-nationwide/). *Network Rail*. Retrieved 2 September 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["New park and ride in Walkden set to open • Salford City Council"](https://www.salford.gov.uk/your-council/news/news-archive/news-from-march-2023/new-park-and-ride-in-walkden-set-to-open/). *www.salford.gov.uk*. Retrieved 2 September 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [Northern Trains timetable 14 - Manchester to Southport and Kirkby, 16 May - 11 December 2021](https://d11vpqhghel6qd.cloudfront.net/images/timetables/bucket2/manchester-to-southport-and-kirkby-4386-qtcl35.pdf)*Northern Trains* website; Retrieved 20 November 2021 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["New Sunday services for rail line"](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/8423290.stm), *BBC News*, 20 December 2009, retrieved 13 January 2010 ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Walkden railway station](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Walkden_railway_station). - [Train times](https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/live-trains/departures/WKD) and [station information](http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/WKD/details.html) for Walkden railway station from [National Rail](/source/National_Rail) - [Photo by Keith Palin](http://www.my.opera.com/keithpalin/albums/showpic.dml?album=39636&picture=591170) - [Friends of Walkden Station campaign website.](http://www.walkdenstation.org.uk) Preceding station National Rail Following station Atherton Northern Trains Manchester-Southport Line or Manchester-Headbolt Lane Swinton or Moorside v t e Railway stations in Greater Manchester Bolton Blackrod Bolton Bromley Cross Daisy Hill Farnworth Hall i' th' Wood Horwich Parkway Kearsley Lostock Moses Gate Westhoughton Bury Bury Bolton Street †( Bury) Ramsbottom † Summerseat † Manchester (Manchester station group in italics) Ardwick Ashburys Belle Vue Burnage Deansgate ( Deansgate-Castlefield) East Didsbury ( East Didsbury) Gorton Levenshulme Manchester Airport Manchester Oxford Road Manchester Piccadilly Manchester Victoria Mauldeth Road Moston Ryder Brow Oldham Greenfield Rochdale Castleton Heywood † Littleborough Mills Hill Rochdale Smithy Bridge Salford Clifton Eccles ( Eccles) Irlam Moorside Patricroft Salford Central Salford Crescent Swinton Walkden Stockport Bramhall Bredbury Brinnington Cheadle Hulme Davenport Gatley Hazel Grove Heald Green Heaton Chapel Marple Middlewood Reddish North Reddish South Romiley Rose Hill Marple Stockport ( Stockport) Strines Woodley Woodsmoor Tameside Ashton-under-Lyne ( Ashton-under-Lyne) Broadbottom Denton Fairfield Flowery Field Godley Guide Bridge Hattersley Hyde Central Hyde North Mossley Newton for Hyde Stalybridge Trafford Altrincham Chassen Road Flixton Hale Humphrey Park Manchester United Football Ground Navigation Road Trafford Park Urmston Wigan Atherton Bryn Gathurst Hag Fold Hindley Ince Orrell Pemberton Wigan North Western Wigan Wallgate ( Wigan) † stations on the East Lancashire Railway (heritage) List of open stations List of closed stations TfGM Transport [53°31′11″N 2°23′46″W / 53.5197°N 2.3960°W / 53.5197; -2.3960](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Walkden_railway_station¶ms=53.5197_N_2.396_W_region:GB_type:railwaystation) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Walkden railway station](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkden_railway_station) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkden_railway_station?action=history)). 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