Walsden railway station

Walsden National Rail

The view from platform 2
Location
Place Walsden, Todmorden
Local authority Calderdale
Coordinates 53°41′47″N 2°06′17″W / 53.696340°N 2.104670°W / 53.696340; -2.104670Coordinates: 53°41′47″N 2°06′17″W / 53.696340°N 2.104670°W / 53.696340; -2.104670
Grid reference SD931222
Operations
Station code WDN
Managed by Northern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05  0.126 million
2005/06 Increase 0.133 million
2006/07 Decrease 0.120 million
2007/08 Decrease 0.117 million
2008/09 Decrease 0.113 million
2009/10 Decrease 95,548
2010/11 Increase 99,048
2011/12 Decrease 92,686
2012/13 Increase 0.102 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE West Yorkshire (Metro)
Zone 5
History
Key dates Opened 1990 (1990)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Walsden from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Walsden railway station serves the village of Walsden, Todmorden in West Yorkshire, England, on the edge of the Pennines.

It is served by the Caldervale Line operated by Northern. The station is 32 miles (51 km) west of Leeds and 17.25 miles (28 km) north east of Manchester Victoria. Walsden is the last station before the boundary with Greater Manchester. The station was opened by Metro (West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive) on 10 September 1990 as a replacement for an earlier structure that closed on 6 August 1961. This earlier station, which was opened in 1845 by the Manchester & Leeds Railway, predecessor of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, was situated between the level crossing and the north portal of Winterbutlee Tunnel, a few yards south of the present station.[1][2]

Services

There is an hourly service (Mondays to Fridays) to Manchester Victoria southbound and to Leeds via Dewsbury northbound (since the May 2014 timetable change) with extra trains during peak times in each direction (including some trains to Burnley & Blackburn). Passengers wishing to access destinations on the route via Halifax during the day now have to change at Todmorden or Hebden Bridge.

In the evenings, the frequency remains hourly but trains run via Halifax whilst on Sundays eastbound services run to Blackburn - connections are available at Todmorden for stations further east.[3]

History

It was the only place in Todmorden to be bombed during the Second World War Blitz, probably because the German plane had a leftover bomb after a raid and so dropped it on what appeared to be an important site.

The station has had problems with flooding for many years, with the most recent bout occurring on 26 December 2015.[4] The line was blocked the following day, but reopened to traffic on 28 December.

References

  1. ↑ Bairstow, M. (1983), The Manchester & Leeds Railway (The Calder Valley Line), Wyvern Publishing, Skipton, ISBN 0-907941-06-0, p. 72
  2. ↑ Joy, D. (1975), A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain, Volume 8, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, ISBN 0-7153-6883-4
  3. ↑ GB NRT May - December 2015 edition, Table 41
  4. ↑ East Lancs passengers asked to check before they travelNetwork Rail Media Centre
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Littleborough   Northern
Caldervale Line		   Todmorden


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