Walsden railway station
Walsden railway station serves the village of Walsden, Todmorden in West Yorkshire, England, on the edge of the Pennines.
It is served by the Calder Valley line operated by Northern. The station is west of Leeds and north east of Manchester Victoria. Walsden is the last station before the boundary with Greater Manchester. The station was opened by Metro 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.
Facilities
The station is unstaffed and has only basic facilities. 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.Services
There is an hourly service to Manchester Victoria and southbound and to Leeds via Dewsbury northbound with extra trains during peak times in each direction. Passengers wishing to access destinations on the route via Halifax during the day now have to change at Todmorden or Hebden Bridge.In the evenings, the frequency remains hourly but trains run via Halifax. Sundays see the station served hourly by the Blackburn to Manchester and Southport trains.