Salford Crescent railway station
Salford Crescent railway station in 2014 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Salford, City of Salford England | ||||
| Grid reference | SJ818988 | ||||
| Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
| Transit authority | Greater Manchester | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | SLD | ||||
| Classification | DfT category C2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | British Rail | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 11 May 1987 | Station opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 | 1.442 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.516 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 0.320 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.131 million | ||||
| 2021/22 | 0.956 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.284 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 1.121 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.245 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 1.207 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.173 million | ||||
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Salford Crescent railway station is a railway station in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, opened by British Rail in 1987.
The station is 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Salford Central, 1.75 miles (2.82 km) west of Manchester Victoria and 2.25 miles (3.62 km) west of Manchester Piccadilly. It consists of a single island platform with a ticket office and waiting room.
The station is near the University of Salford, between the Peel Park and Frederick Road Campus.
Salford Crescent is the point of a split in the Manchester–Preston line, with local services running on to Manchester Victoria and long-distance services going to Manchester Piccadilly (via the 1988 Windsor Link to Ordsall Lane Junction), and is also part of the line between Manchester and Southport, frequently being used as an interchange between the two lines. Manchester North signalling centre was formerly located at the station, prior to its closure in April 2015. Ticket gates have been in operation at the station since 2016.