Salford Central railway station
Salford Central 
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The glass frontage of the station
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| Location | |
| Place | Salford |
| Local authority | City of Salford |
| Coordinates | 53°28′58″N 2°15′21″W / 53.48278°N 2.25583°WCoordinates: 53°28′58″N 2°15′21″W / 53.48278°N 2.25583°W |
| Grid reference | SJ831984 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SFD |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.265 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.321 million |
| 2013/14 |
 0.316 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.380 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.412 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Transport for Greater Manchester |
| History | |
| Original company | Manchester, Bolton and Bury Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| 29 May 1838 | Opened as Salford |
| April 1858 | Renamed Salford (New Bailey Street) |
| August 1865 | Renamed Salford |
| 3 October 1988 | Renamed Salford Central |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Salford Central from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Salford Central railway station in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, is just across the River Irwell from Manchester city centre, close to Spinningfields and Deansgate. It is served by trains to and from Manchester Victoria, towards Rochdale and Wigan Wallgate. The station was removed from the Manchester station group in 1989.
The railway station opened on 29 May 1838 as a terminus on the Manchester and Bolton Railway and was originally named Salford railway station. In 1843, a connection to Manchester Victoria was built, carried on iron columns. The roof suffered from corrosion caused by the sulphurous emissions of locomotives passing through the station and one was replaced after only four years. Between April 1858 and August 1865, to avoid confusion with Salford (Oldfield Rd), the station was named Salford (New Bailey Street), after which it reverted to its original name of Salford.
To avoid confusion with the newly built Salford Crescent station, in 1988 it was renamed Salford Central. For many years the station was served at peak times only.
With only platforms 1 and 2 currently in use (platforms 3 and 4 have been disused since the early 1990s), the station is now managed by Northern and has undergone a major transformation involving construction of a new ticket office as well as making the station building fully accessible by the use of ramps from the entrances to the ticket office and lifts and ramps from the ticket office to the platforms.
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