Clifton Junction
Clifton 
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The ramp leading to the southbound platform
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| Location | |
| Place | Clifton |
| Local authority | Salford |
| Coordinates | 53°31′20″N 2°18′51″W / 53.5223°N 2.3141°WCoordinates: 53°31′20″N 2°18′51″W / 53.5223°N 2.3141°W |
| Grid reference | SD793028 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | CLI |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 498 |
| 2012/13 |
 334 |
| 2013/14 |
298 |
| 2014/15 |
152 |
| 2015/16 |
116 |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Transport for Greater Manchester |
| History | |
| Original company | East Lancashire Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| June 1847 | Opened as Clifton Junction |
| 6 May 1974 | Renamed Clifton |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Clifton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Clifton railway station is a railway station in Clifton, Greater Manchester, England which was formerly called Clifton Junction. It lies on the Manchester to Preston Line.
The railway line between Salford and Bolton, the Manchester and Bolton Railway (M&BR), opened in 1838, but had no stations between Agecroft Bridge and Ringley. In 1844, the Manchester, Bury and Rossendale Railway (MB&RR) was authorised to build a line from a junction with the M&BR at Clifton, to Rawtenstall. It opened to the public on 28 September 1846, by which time the MB&RR had amalgamated with other companies to become the East Lancashire Railway, and the M&BR had itself amalgamated with the Manchester and Leeds Railway; the M&LR became the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1847.
The Bury line ran northward from the junction, crossing the Irwell Valley on Clifton Viaduct (known locally as the "13 arches"), to run on the opposite side of the valley to the Bolton line. A station at the junction, with two platforms for each route (Bolton or Bury), opened in June 1847, and was named Clifton Junction.
The line to Bury closed in 1966, but (as of October 2013[update]) the viaduct remains a Grade II listed local landmark.
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