Salford Crescent railway station

Salford Crescent for University of Salford
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 (1987-05-11)	Station opened
Passengers
2018/19	1.288 million
Interchange	0.630 million
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
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.^[1][2] Ticket gates have been in operation at the station since 2016.