Swinton railway station (Greater Manchester)

Swinton (Gr Manchester)
General information
Location	Salford
Managed by	Northern Rail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SNN

Swinton (Manchester) railway station serves the town of Swinton in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England.

Swinton is one of the local stations that lie on the Manchester to Southport Line between Wigan and Manchester. The station is located 9 km (6 miles) west of Manchester Victoria with regular Northern Rail services to these towns as well as Salford, Atherton and Hindley, with onward trains to Kirkby and Southport.

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).

Swinton railway station is one of the most basic ones in the area, tickets are only available until 2pm, after this time one must purchase tickets on board train. It also has no screens showing times and departures, however at present (3rd September 2009), contractors are in the process of digging up an area of the island platform and laying cables, which could indicate departure screens similar to those found at Atherton and Daisy Hill are to follow.

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 respectively) northbound.

Evenings there is an hourly service in each direction to Manchester Victoria and Wigan.

There is no Sunday service.

External links

• Train times and station information for Swinton railway station (Greater Manchester) from National Rail

Railway Lines in Salford
Past, present and future
to Wigan Wallgate   to Bolton Great Moor Street to Wigan North Western   Little Hulton Ellenbrook Walkden Low Level Walkden High Level to Liverpool Lime Street Moorside to Bolton Barton Moss Worsley Swinton Dixon Fold Patricroft   Monton Green Pendlebury to Bury Irlams-o'-th'-Height Eccles Eccles   Clifton Junction Ladywell   Agecroft Bridge Weaste Weaste Brindle Heath Jct Agecroft Jct Langworthy Seedley Pendleton Pendleton Bridge Broadway Cross Lane MediaCityUK Harbour City   Salford Crescent Anchorage Salford Docks Salford Quays Windsor Link Exchange Quay Ordsall Lane   Oldfield Road Metrolink to Manchester Ordsall Chord Salford Central to Manchester Deansgate to Manchester Victoria

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Moorside		Northern Rail Manchester-Southport Line Mondays-Saturdays only		Salford Crescent
Moorside		Northern Rail Manchester-Kirkby Mondays-Saturdays only		Salford Crescent

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