Shaw and Crompton railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Shaw and Crompton


code = SHA
manager = Northern Rail
locale = Shaw and Crompton
borough = Oldham
usage0405 = 0.290
usage0506 = 0.286
usage0607 = 0.298
platforms = 2
pte = Greater Manchester
zone =
start = 1863

Shaw and Crompton railway station is a railway station located in Shaw and Crompton, within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England.

The station forms part of the Manchester to Rochdale via Oldham Line, which appropriately connects the city of Manchester to the town of Rochdale via Oldham and a number of smaller districts and suburbs inclusive of Shaw and Crompton via means of heavy rail.

Fabricated initially in 1863 to serve local cotton mills, [ [http://www.lrta.org/Manchester/Rail_history.html 'Manchester Metrolink — A Brief Rail History'] Light Rail Transit Association (LRTA), URL Accessed 12 August, 2006] the station is now used primarily for commuting purposes, and could be considered a popular means of public transport travel by local communities.

The station has an active signal cabin and has one of the United Kingdom's sixteen hundred road level crossings.

After being initially shelved, plans to turn the line into part of the Manchester Metrolink were accepted by the government on 6 July, 2006. Work on revamping the station is proposed to commence in 2009. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/5152948.stm 'Metrolink extension is announced'] BBC News, 6 July, 2006. URL Accessed 6 July, 2006] The conversion will result in the decommissioning of the conventional heavy rail service on this line.

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On Monday to Saturday daytimes there is a half-hourly service from Manchester Victoria via Shaw and Crompton to Rochdale northbound, plus two trains an hour from Manchester terminating at Shaw and Crompton. On Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction.

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