Mauldeth Road railway station

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Place Ladybarn Station code MAU DfT category E Number of platforms 2		Grid reference SJ862931 Managed by Northern 2011/12 323,098 Local authority Manchester

Address Manchester M14 6SG, United Kingdom Pte Transport for Greater Manchester Similar Brinnington railway station, Woodsmoor railway station, Marple railway station, Heaton Chapel railway st, Davenport (Stockport) railway st

Mauldeth Road railway station (known as Mauldeth Road for Withington until 1974) is a suburban railway station serving the Ladybarn area of Manchester, England. It is the last station before Manchester Piccadilly on the Styal Line and was electrified in 1959.

The station is primarily served by a half-hourly Northern service which alternates between Manchester Airport and Crewe. Some peak TransPennine Express services, a number of the Northern services between Southport and Manchester Airport and hourly freight trains from Trafford Park also pass the station.

History

The station opened in 1909 south of Longsight (Slade Lane Junction) as Mauldeth Road for Withington, being renamed Mauldeth Road on 6 May 1974, and now serves the Manchester-Crewe (via Manchester Airport) rail route, used by Northern for stopping services to Manchester Airport. Its coal sidings closed in the 1960s, along with its original platform buildings on the up (southbound) side.

The remaining wooden ticket office on the down side burned down on Bonfire Night in 1986; thereafter the ticket office was a small prefabricated unit at the bottom of the station approach.

It caters mainly for commuter traffic, being electrified at 25kV AC overhead, and is used by EMU traffic. Some evening services are operated by TransPennine Express with DMUs.

Recent developments

As part of a £12 million station modernisation programme on the Manchester Airport Line, re-building work on Mauldeth Road station commenced in Autumn 2006. Network Rail were able to keep the station operational for most of the time by demolishing the existing platforms in small parts and using temporary platforms. There was a temporary footbridge spanning the platforms while the pedestrians' access ramp to the northbound platform was out of use during renovation; the footbridge offered a vantage point for views over Manchester. As part of the re-building work new steel platforms, modern waiting shelters, new lighting and access ramps were constructed with work completed by June 2007. A new ticket office was constructed in spring 2014 to replace the portakabin used since the late 1980s was removed in 2013. In March 2017 the old rail bridge over Mauldeth Road, originally from when the line opened in 1909 had come to end of its life and was replaced with a new bridge.