Humphrey Park railway station

Humphrey Park National Rail
Location
Place Stretford
Local authority Trafford
Coordinates 53°27′08″N 2°19′37″W / 53.4523°N 2.327°W / 53.4523; -2.327Coordinates: 53°27′08″N 2°19′37″W / 53.4523°N 2.327°W / 53.4523; -2.327
Grid reference SJ783951
Operations
Station code HUP
Managed by Northern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05   17,869
2005/06 Increase 18,400
2006/07 Decrease 17,832
2007/08 Increase 19,228
2008/09 Increase 22,180
2009/10 Increase 23,820
2010/11 Increase 25,524
2011/12 Increase 30,632
2012/13 Decrease 24,540
2013/14 Increase 30,782
2014/15 Increase 32,756
History
Original company London Midland Region of British Railways
15 October 1984 Station opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Humphrey Park from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Humphrey Park railway station is in the Trafford metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in the north west of England. The station opened on 15 October 1984[1][2] by British Rail as an experimental station is 4 1⁄4 miles (6.8 km) west of Manchester Oxford Road on the Manchester-Liverpool Line. The station and all services calling there are operated by Northern.

Facilities

The station has no station building, no ticket machines and no staff. Each platform has waiting shelters, with seating available on only one side (towards Liverpool) and a phone available on the opposite platform that takes only debit or credit cards, not cash (towards Manchester).[3]

Services

Services run every two hours in each direction, towards Urmston and Liverpool Lime Street to the west and towards Trafford Park and Manchester Oxford Road in the east. Extra half-hourly services call at this station during the peak-hours, but there is no Sunday service.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "GMTS Summary of Events 1974-1985". GMTS. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
  2. ↑ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 125. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  3. ↑ "Humphrey Park Information". National Rail Enquiries. Retrieved 2007-12-14.
  4. ↑ GB eNRT, December 2015-May 2016 Edition, Table 89
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Preceding station National Rail Following station
Urmston   Northern
Manchester to Liverpool Line
Mondays-Saturdays only		   Trafford Park


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