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The closest station to Clifton Junction with a regular service is Swinton 1.25 miles (2.01 km) away on the line between Manchester and Wigan Wallgate via Atherton. Local industry made good use of Clifton Junction railway station long before the advent of mass car ownership when three factories were established close by enabling employees and ...
Clifton is served by Clifton railway station on the Ribble Valley Line. In earlier times, the station was known as " Clifton Junction " from its location at the junction of the Manchester and Bolton Railway and Manchester, Bury and Rossendale Railway lines.
[7] [8] In October 2009, nine stations on the former Oldham Loop Line closed for conversion, [9] and future plans include the use of tram-trains to allow Metrolink to serve existing National Rail stations. [10] Manchester Piccadilly, the principal station for the City of Manchester and busiest station in Greater Manchester by number of passengers.
The East Lancashire Railway operated from 1844 to 1859 in the historic county of Lancashire, England.It began as a railway from Clifton via Bury to Rawtenstall, and during its short life grew into a complex network of lines connecting towns and cities including Liverpool, Manchester, Salford, Preston, Burnley and Blackburn.
Clifton Bridge railway station, which served Hotwells in Bristol; Clifton Down railway station serving Clifton, Bristol; Clifton and Lowther railway station which served the village of Clifton on the Lancaster to Carlisle line, Cumbria; Clifton railway station (Greater Manchester) serving Clifton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Salford; Clifton ...
In 1913, an experimental 3.5 kV DC overhead line system operated between Bury and Holcombe Brook in the Manchester area, and 1.2 kV DC with a side-contact third rail between Manchester Victoria and Bury. Electric services started in 1916, the Bury to Holcombe Brook route being converted in 1918. The cars were replaced in 1959/60.
The viaduct was constructed in 1846 to carry trains from Manchester to Rossendale along the Manchester, Bury and Rossendale Railway, over the Irwell Valley. It has 13 arches and after crossing the Irwell the railway line used to lead into what was once Clifton Junction railway station. The line was closed in 1966. [2]
A 1905 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (upper right) railways in the vicinity of Dixon Fold. Dixon Fold railway station was built on the Manchester and Bolton Railway, between Clifton Junction railway station (Manchester to Preston Line) and Kearsley railway station, in Clifton near Pendlebury. [2]