Salford Crescent railway station
Salford Crescent 
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Salford Crescent station in 2014
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| Location | |
| Place | Salford |
| Local authority | City of Salford |
| Grid reference | SJ818988 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SLD |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | C2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 1.548 million |
| 2012/13 |
 1.141 million |
| 2013/14 |
1.077 million |
| 2014/15 |
1.038 million |
| – Interchange | 0.352 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.956 million |
| – Interchange |
0.379 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Greater Manchester |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened May 1987 |
| 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 Crescent from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Salford Crescent railway station is a railway station in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, opened by British Rail in 1987.
The station is 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Salford Central, 1.75 miles (2.82 km) west of Manchester Victoria and 2.25 miles (3.62 km) west of Manchester Piccadilly. It consists of a single island platform with a ticket office and waiting room.
The station is near the University of Salford, between the Peel Park and Frederick Road Campus.
Salford Crescent is the point of a split in the Manchester-Preston Line, with local services running on to Manchester Victoria and long-distance services going to Manchester Piccadilly (via the 1988 Windsor Link to Ordsall Lane Junction), and is also part of the line between Manchester and Southport, frequently being used as an interchange between the two lines. Manchester North signalling centre was formerly located at the station, prior to its closure in April 2015., Ticket gates have been in operation at the station since 2016
Eastbound: frequent services operate to Manchester Piccadilly, mostly continuing to either Manchester Airport or Hazel Grove and to Manchester Victoria, with certain services extending to either Stalybridge or Blackburn via Todmorden and Burnley Manchester Road.
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