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Atherton formerly Atherton Central
(1888 - )
Atherton Station which opened in June 1888 serves the town of Atherton, Greater Manchester and is the main station on the line between Wigan and Manchester on the Manchester to Southport Line
There is an island with two facing platforms with a ticket office, which is manned seven days a week. There is a self-service ticket machine in the booking hall and a waiting room at platform level, along with digital information screens, timetable posters and a P.A system to offer automated train running announcements
The station was renamed Atherton in 1954
Monday to Saturday daytimes, there are three departures each hour to Manchester Victoria and three per hour towards Wigan Wallgate with limited onward travel to Southport
Previously no trains had called at the station on Sundays since the summer of 1966 but on May 23 2010, a Sunday service was introduced providing an hourly service until the early evening
There is an island with two facing platforms with a ticket office, which is manned seven days a week. There is a self-service ticket machine in the booking hall and a waiting room at platform level, along with digital information screens, timetable posters and a P.A system to offer automated train running announcements
The station was renamed Atherton in 1954
Monday to Saturday daytimes, there are three departures each hour to Manchester Victoria and three per hour towards Wigan Wallgate with limited onward travel to Southport
Previously no trains had called at the station on Sundays since the summer of 1966 but on May 23 2010, a Sunday service was introduced providing an hourly service until the early evening
