Place Swinton Managed by Northern 2011/12 153,452 Opened 1889 Key dates Opened 1889 Station code SNN | Grid reference SD777020 DfT category E 2012/13 138,058 Number of platforms 2 | |
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Address Pendlebury, Swinton, Manchester M27 6BR, United Kingdom Pte Transport for Greater Manchester Similar Moorside railway station, Walkden railway station, Orrell railway station, Daisy Hill railway station, Gathurst railway station | ||
Swinton railway station serves the town of Swinton and Pendlebury in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England.
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Swinton is one of the local stations that lie on the Manchester to Southport Line between Wigan and Manchester. The station is located 5 miles 4 chains (8.1 km) west of Manchester Victoria with regular Northern services to these towns as well as Salford, Atherton and Hindley, with onward trains to Wigan, Kirkby and Southport. It opened along with the line to passenger trains in 1889.
Although the station is in the City of Salford, rather than Manchester, the name "Swinton (Manchester)" is used by National Rail to refer to the station (to avoid confusion with Swinton railway station in South Yorkshire). The station is actually located in Pendlebury and not Swinton itself, the boundary between the two districts being about 40 yards further down Station Road (B5231), beyond the junction with Boundary Road and nearer the town centre.
Swinton railway station has relatively basic facilities. For example, the ticket office is only open until 12:50 on weekdays and 13:50 on Saturdays (closed Sundays) - after this time one must purchase tickets on board the train. A screen in the booking hall lists live departure times of the trains showing any delays or cancellations, and screens are also now installed in the centre of the island platform showing live train departure information to commuters waiting on the platforms. An intercom type unit is also installed on the platform which passengers can use in the event of an emergency or if they need help or information when the station is unstaffed. As the ticket office is at street level (on the bridge above) and connected to the platforms via a staircase, no step-free access is available for wheelchair or mobility-impaired users.
Service
Monday to Saturday daytimes, two trains per hour go southbound towards Manchester Victoria and two per hour towards Wigan Wallgate (hourly onwards to Southport and Kirkby northbound. Certain Manchester trains continue through to Todmorden and Blackburn via the Caldervale Line (all day) or to Huddersfield and Leeds (evening peak only).
During the evenings there is an hourly service in each direction to Manchester Victoria and Wigan.
A normal service operates on most bank holidays.
Reinstatement of Sunday service
During much of the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, there were no Sunday services serving Swinton. After several years of successful lobbying from passenger user groups and station friends' groups, Northern introduced a 12-month trial Sunday service beginning on 23 May 2010 with the funding support from GMPTE.
The service still continues to operate in the December 2016 timetable and is included in the new Northern Rail franchise agreement that came into effect in April 2016.