Swinton (Manchester) railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Swinton (Gr Manchester)


code = SNN
manager = Northern Rail
locale = Swinton
borough = Salford
usage0506 = 0.072
usage0607 = 0.075
platforms = 2
pte = Greater Manchester
zone =
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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.

ervice

Monday to Saturday daytimes, two trains per hour go southbound towards Manchester Victoria and Rochdale 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 service all day Sundays.

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