Acton Bridge railway station

Acton Bridge railway station is near the village of Acton Bridge, Cheshire, in the northwest of England.

Acton Bridge
Location
PlaceActon Bridge
Local authorityBorough of Cheshire West and Chester
Coordinates53.2664°N 2.6029°W / 53.2664; -2.6029
Grid referenceSJ598745
Operations
Station codeACB
Managed byLondon Northwestern Railway
Number of platforms3
DfT categoryF2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 17,486
2015/16 20,236
2016/17 20,092
2017/18 21,058
2018/19 22,578
History
4 July 1837Station opens as Acton
1 July 1870Station renamed Acton Bridge
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Acton Bridge from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

History

The station opened as Acton by the Grand Junction Railway in 1837[1]:58 but was renamed Acton Bridge in 1870. After merging into the London and North Western Railway, the company became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. In addition to its main line calls, the station also served as the terminus of a local service from Crewe via Sandbach & Northwich until 1942. This used a connecting curve that diverged from the main line just north of Hartford to join the Cheshire Lines Committee line from Altrincham to Chester Northgate near Greenbank (this remains in use, but for freight traffic only).

When sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Regional Railways until the privatisation of British Railways. Trains of the Intercity Sector passed on the West Coast Main Line.

When British Rail was privatised Acton Bridge was served by Central Trains until 2007, then served by London Midland, now London Northwestern.

Services

Acton Bridge has two trains per hour in weekday peak hours, reducing to one every two hours (with some even longer gaps) outside the peaks, all operated by London Northwestern trains, running between Liverpool Lime Street and Birmingham New Street.[2]

On Sundays, trains start later and are between Liverpool and Birmingham with the exception of a single train to Walsall at 10pm.

Passenger Station Services

Acton Bridge is un-staffed, however, tickets can be purchased from a self-service ticket machine, which is connected to the national network, located inside the booking hall.

The station, and its gardens, are maintained by volunteers from Acton Bridge Women's Institute, and won a Commendation in the 2003 JPD 'Best Kept Station' competition.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Hartford   London Northwestern Railway
West Coast Main Line		   Runcorn
  Historical railways  
Hartford   London and North Western Railway
Grand Junction Railway		   Preston Brook
  • Acton Bridge in December 2010.
  • Acton Bridge in 1961.
  • Down express north of Acton Bridge in 1962.

References
  1. Drake, James (1838). Drake’s Road Book of the Grand Junction Railway (1838). Moorland Reprints. ISBN 0903485257.
  2. "LNR Timetable 3: Liverpool to Birmingham/London Euston (From 19 May 2019) - London Northwestern Railway" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Station on navigable O.S. map
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