Mills Hill railway station
Mills Hill 
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| Location | |
| Place | Middleton |
| Local authority | Rochdale |
| Coordinates | 53°33′04″N 2°10′18″W / 53.5511°N 2.1717°WCoordinates: 53°33′04″N 2°10′18″W / 53.5511°N 2.1717°W |
| Grid reference | SD887060 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | MIH |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.341 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.326 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.303 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.314 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.310 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Greater Manchester |
| History | |
| Original company | Manchester and Leeds Railway |
| 4 July 1839 | Original station opened |
| 11 August 1842 | Closed |
| 25 March 1985 | Current station opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Mills Hill from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Mills Hill railway station is in the Mills Hill area of Middleton in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. The station is 5¾ miles (9 km) north of Manchester Victoria on the Caldervale Line. Mills Hill lies on Middleton's common boundary with Chadderton, and thus serves both communities.
During the temporary closure of the Oldham Loop line for its conversion to Metrolink light rail (2009–12) the station acted as an informal railhead for much of the borough of Oldham.
With an annual patronage of 314,000 entries and exits per year Mills Hill station is the second busiest railway station within Transport for Greater Manchester's area outside of Great Manchester itself. It is due to this fact that TfGM are pushing for funding to be made available to improve accessibility at the station for disabled passengers. The station is second only to Greenfield Railway Station on the prioritized list for this funding.
The original station opened on 4 July 1839 before the completion of the branches to Middleton and Oldham, and closed on 11 August 1842 when these were opened. The current station opened on 25 March 1985 by British Rail at the same point as the original.
On Monday to Saturday daytimes, there is a half-hourly service to Manchester Victoria southbound (with an hourly extension to Wigan) and Todmorden northbound. Since the December 2008 timetable change, alternate northbound trains continue eastwards to Leeds via Dewsbury or to Blackburn via Burnley (the latter service commencing at the May 2015 timetable change).
In the evenings there is a half hourly service to Manchester Victoria and hourly to Leeds via Bradford and to Blackburn, whilst on Sundays an hourly service operates in each direction to Manchester & Blackburn.
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