Salford Central Railway Station
An overview of Salford Central Railway Station, facing in the direction towards Manchester Victoria.
Originally opened in 1838 as 'Salford', then in 1858 as 'Salford (New Bailey Street)', then in 1865 back to 'Salford', then finally in 1968 as 'Salford Central'.
Salford Central was built by the 'Manchester, Bolton and Bury Railway', which then became part of the 'Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway', which then became part of 'London, Midland and Scottish Railway'.
Today, it is owned by Network Rail and is maintained by Northern and Transport for Greater Manchester.
The station was originally built with 4 platforms (2 on the Bolton line, 2 on the Liverpool/Chat Moss line).
Today, only 2 are in operation (as seen in the photograph). However, there are plans to re-instate the 2 disused platforms to allow connections to Liverpool and Manchester Piccadilly/Airport (via Ordsall Chord).
As of 2019, all platforms and lines through this station are now electrified with overhead live wires (as part of the Manchester - Preston and Manchester - Liverpool electrification projects), allowing electric lines to call and go through this station towards Liverpool, Preston and Blackpool.
Previously, there were no Sunday services calling at this station, however, as of the May 2018 timetable, there are now regular Sunday services that call at this station towards Manchester Victoria/Rochdale/Blackburn and Salford Crescent/Wigan/Preston.
Salford Central Railway Station
An overview of Salford Central Railway Station, facing in the direction towards Manchester Victoria.
Originally opened in 1838 as 'Salford', then in 1858 as 'Salford (New Bailey Street)', then in 1865 back to 'Salford', then finally in 1968 as 'Salford Central'.
Salford Central was built by the 'Manchester, Bolton and Bury Railway', which then became part of the 'Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway', which then became part of 'London, Midland and Scottish Railway'.
Today, it is owned by Network Rail and is maintained by Northern and Transport for Greater Manchester.
The station was originally built with 4 platforms (2 on the Bolton line, 2 on the Liverpool/Chat Moss line).
Today, only 2 are in operation (as seen in the photograph). However, there are plans to re-instate the 2 disused platforms to allow connections to Liverpool and Manchester Piccadilly/Airport (via Ordsall Chord).
As of 2019, all platforms and lines through this station are now electrified with overhead live wires (as part of the Manchester - Preston and Manchester - Liverpool electrification projects), allowing electric lines to call and go through this station towards Liverpool, Preston and Blackpool.
Previously, there were no Sunday services calling at this station, however, as of the May 2018 timetable, there are now regular Sunday services that call at this station towards Manchester Victoria/Rochdale/Blackburn and Salford Crescent/Wigan/Preston.