Littleborough railway station

Littleborough railway station serves the town of Littleborough in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England.

Littleborough
Location	Littleborough, Rochdale England
Grid reference	SD938162
Managed by	Northern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	LTL
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	1839
Passengers
2015/16	0.392 million
2016/17	0.411 million
2017/18	0.421 million
2018/19	0.467 million
2019/20	0.483 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

It lies on the Caldervale Line 13¾ miles (22 km) north of Manchester Victoria towards Halifax, Bradford Interchange and Leeds.

This is the last station on the Caldervale Line in the Greater Manchester area. It was one of the original Manchester and Leeds Railway station sites and for the first year of operation following its opening in July 1839, it was the temporary terminus of the line from Manchester (the section on through the Summit Tunnel towards Mirfield not being completed until 1841).[1] It did so again for some eight months after the December 1984 Summit Tunnel fire - passengers transferring between the trains to/from Manchester and a rail-replacement bus service onwards to Todmorden until repairs to the tunnel could be completed and the line reopened.

Facilities

The station's two platforms are staggered, with the Manchester-bound one (platform 1) the more southerly. Both have ramps & step-free access for disabled travellers. The station is staffed on a part-time basis (six days per week, mornings & early afternoons only), with the ticket office & waiting room on platform 2 open at these times. There are also shelters on both platforms & ticket vending machines available, so travellers can purchase tickets when the booking office is closed.[2]

Services

Route 9: Calder Valley Line and East Lancashire Line
York Ulleskelf Church Fenton Micklefield East Garforth Garforth Cross Gates Leeds Bramley New Pudsey Bradford Interchange Halifax Sowerby Bridge Mytholmroyd Hebden Bridge Burnley Manchester Road Todmorden Walsden Burnley Barracks Littleborough Burnley Central Smithy Bridge Brierfield Rochdale Nelson Manchester Victoria Colne Rose Grove Hapton Huncoat Accrington Church and Oswaldtwistle Rishton Blackburn Mill Hill Cherry Tree Pleasington Bamber Bridge Lostock Hall Preston Salwick Kirkham and Wesham Poulton-le-Fylde Moss Side Blackpool North Lytham Ansdell and Fairhaven St. Annes-on-the-Sea Squires Gate Blackpool Pleasure Beach Blackpool South
Burnley Barracks, Hapton and Pleasington are request stops.

Station approach

Northern Rail 144007 leaving Platform 2 with a Manchester Victoria to Leeds service in 2009

Monday to Saturday daytimes, there is a half-hourly service from Littleborough to Manchester Victoria westbound and to Todmorden eastbound, with trains running alternately to Leeds via Dewsbury and to Blackburn via Burnley Manchester Road (the latter beginning at the May 2015 timetable change). Westbound trains continue beyond Manchester via Atherton to Wigan Wallgate since the May 2018 timetable change.

In the early morning, late evening and on Sundays, trains to Leeds operate via Halifax rather than Dewsbury; the basic service pattern remains the same though.[3]

References

1. Bairstow, M. (1983), The Manchester & Leeds Railway (The Calder Valley Line), Wyvern Publishing, Skipton, ISBN 0-907941-06-0; p.12
2. Station Facilities for LittleboroughNational Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 19 November 2016
3. GB National Rail Timetable December 2019 Edition, Table 41 (Network Rail)

External links

• Train times and station information for Littleborough railway station from National Rail

Railways in Rochdale
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