Acton Bridge railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Acton Bridge


manager = London Midland
locale = Acton Bridge
borough = Vale Royal
lowusage0405 = 2,709
lowusage0506 = 4,162
lowusage0607 = 8,913
years = 4 July 1837
events = Station opens as Acton
years1 = 1 July 1870
events1 = Station renamed Acton Bridge
code = ACB
platforms = 3 (P1 hardly used)
latitude = 53.2664
longitude = -2.6029

Acton Bridge railway station is near the village of Acton Bridge, in the borough of Vale Royal, 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.

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.

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