Walsden railway station

Walsden West Yorkshire (Metro)
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	WDN
Fare zone	5
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	1990
Passengers
2018/19	117,594
2019/20	99,202
2020/21	26,512
2021/22	64,848
2022/23	65,586
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Walsden railway station (/ˈwɒlzdən/; WOLZ-dən) serves the village of Walsden, Todmorden in West Yorkshire, England, on the edge of the Pennines.

It is served by the

The station is unstaffed and has only basic facilities (no permanent buildings, just shelters on each platform). Ticket vending machines are provided to allow passengers to purchase these prior to travel, whilst digital information screens and timetable posters supply train running information. The station is fully accessible, with ramps to each platform for wheelchair and mobility impaired users.[3]

Services

Northern Trains Route 9
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Calder Valley Line and East Lancashire Line
York Ulleskelf Church Fenton Micklefield East Garforth Garforth Cross Gates Leeds Bramley New Pudsey Bradford Interchange Low Moor Halifax Sowerby Bridge Mytholmroyd Hebden Bridge Manchester Victoria Moston Mills Hill Castleton Rochdale Smithy Bridge Littleborough Walsden Todmorden Colne Nelson Brierfield Burnley Central Burnley Barracks Burnley Manchester Road Rose Grove Hapton Huncoat Accrington Church and Oswaldtwistle Rishton Blackburn Mill Hill Cherry Tree Pleasington Bamber Bridge Lostock Hall Preston Salwick Kirkham and Wesham Poulton-le-Fylde Blackpool North Moss Side Lytham Ansdell and Fairhaven St Annes-on-the-Sea Squires Gate Blackpool Pleasure Beach Blackpool South
Burnley Barracks, Hapton and Pleasington are request stops.

There is an hourly service (Mondays to Fridays) to Manchester Victoria and

In the evenings, the frequency remains hourly but trains run via Halifax.^[4] Sundays see the station served hourly by the Blackburn to Manchester and Southport trains.

History

The station has had problems with flooding for many years, with the most recent bout occurring on 26 December 2015.^[5] The line was blocked the following day, but reopened to traffic on 28 December. Further heavy rain in November 2019 also caused the line to be closed for 24 hours because of high water levels at a river bridge just to the west of the station.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Walsden railway station.

• Train times and station information for Walsden railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Littleborough		Caldervale Line		Todmorden

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Bradford to Bradford Queensbury Holmfield Bailiff Bridge Lightcliffe Clifton Road Ovenden to Kirklees North Bridge Brighouse Hipperholme Pellon Elland Power Station Halifax St Pauls Elland Halifax Town South Parade Greetland Shaw Syke Rochdale Road Halt Copley West Vale Stainland and Holywell Green Sowerby Bridge Luddendenfoot Watson's Crossing Halt Mytholmroyd Triangle to Burnley Ripponden and Barkisland Portsmouth Rishworth Cornholme Hebden Bridge Stansfield Hall Eastwood Todmorden Walsden to Rochdale

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