Trains to Ashburys - Station Details and further Information on Ashburys Train Services
Ashburys train station in Openshaw serves Beswick and West Gorton in Manchester, England. It is located on the Manchester-Glossop Line at its junction with the branch line to Romiley and New Mills Central and the freight-only line to Phillips Park Junction (on the Huddersfield Line).
Today, Ashburys is a station with two platforms served by EMU trains from Manchester Piccadilly to Glossop and Hadfield and DMU trains between Piccadilly and Marple. TransPennine Express services frequently pass through the station without stopping. The station is operated by Northern Rail. The line is electrified at 25 kV AC and there is a signal box here, which controls the junctions and various sidings.
There is no actual place of this name near this station. It was named after the Ashbury Railway Carriage and Iron Company Ltd which built it for £175 in 1855. This company flourished from 1841 until 1902 when it moved to Saltley in Birmingham, merging with the Metropolitan Amalgamated Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Ltd. Examples of its rolling stock survive to this day on preserved railways all over the world. |