Acton Bridge railway station

Acton Bridge
Location
Place	Acton Bridge
Local authority	Cheshire West and Chester
Coordinates	53°15′59″N 2°36′10″W / 53.2664°N 2.6029°W / 53.2664; -2.6029Coordinates: 53°15′59″N 2°36′10″W / 53.2664°N 2.6029°W / 53.2664; -2.6029
Operations
Station code	ACB
Managed by	London Midland
Platforms in use	3
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	2,709
2005/06 *	4,162
2006/07 *	8,913
2007/08 *	11,373
History
4 July 1837	Station opens as Acton
1 July 1870	Station renamed Acton Bridge
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Acton Bridge from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Acton Bridge railway station is near the village of Acton Bridge, Cheshire, in the north west of England. The station, and all the trains that stop here, are operated by London Midland; however, very few services call at this station on the service between Liverpool and Birmingham, though many trains pass through on the West Coast Main Line towards both Liverpool and Preston. This station is somewhat noteworthy in that the next station along the line towards Preston is Warrington Bank Quay, however there are no direct services between the two (the other is Berwick-upon-Tweed and Chathill). 2,709 passengers are recorded as using the station in 2004-5.^{[citation needed]}

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

History

The station opened as Acton by the Grand Junction Railway, but was renamed Acton Bridge in 1870. After merging into the London and North Western Railway, it 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.

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.

Services

References

• 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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 
• Station on navigable O.S. map

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