Walsden  | |||||
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 The view from platform 2 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Walsden, Todmorden, Calderdale England | ||||
| Coordinates | 53°41′47″N 2°06′17″W / 53.696340°N 2.104670°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SD931222 | ||||
| Managed by | Northern | ||||
| Transit authority | West Yorkshire (Metro) | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | WDN | ||||
| Fare zone | 5 | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1990 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  99,202 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 26,512 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  64,848 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 65,586 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 72,024 | ||||
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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 Caldervale Line operated by Northern. The station is 32 miles (51 km) west of Leeds and 17.25 miles (28 km) north east of Manchester Victoria. Walsden is the last station before the boundary with Greater Manchester. The station was opened by Metro (West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive) on 10 September 1990 as a replacement for an earlier structure that closed on 6 August 1961. This earlier station, which was opened in 1845 by the Manchester & Leeds Railway, predecessor of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, was situated between the level crossing and the north portal of Winterbutlee Tunnel, a few yards south of the present station.[1][2]
- ^ Bairstow, M. (1983), The Manchester & Leeds Railway (The Calder Valley Line), Wyvern Publishing, Skipton, ISBN 0-907941-06-0, p. 72
- ^ Joy, D. (1975), A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain, Volume 8, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, ISBN 0-7153-6883-4