Trains to Todmorden - Station Details and further Information on Todmorden Train Services
Todmorden train station serves the town of Todmorden in West Yorkshire (previously partly in Lancashire). Originally built by the Manchester and Leeds Railway, the station is located on the Caldervale Line 30 miles west of Leeds and 19 miles north-east of Manchester Victoria.
It was opened in March 1841 when the final portion of M&L main line between Manchester and Normanton through the Summit Tunnel was completed. It became a junction in 1849 with the opening of a branch line westwards through the Cliviger Gorge to Burnley. This was later extended to join the East Lancashire Railway near Rose Grove, giving the town a direct route to Blackburn, Preston and Blackpool.
For many years the station was served by through express trains between Liverpool and York as well as various local services toward Preston, Bradford and Leeds, but since the Beeching cuts in the 1960s, the basic service has been a local one between Leeds and Manchester Victoria. Services to Burnley ended with the withdrawal of the Rose Grove local shuttle in 1965, and although the line itself remains open, the short curve that would allow trains on this route to call here was removed in the early 1970s (the bay platform it once used can still be seen). Passengers wishing to travel via this route to Preston and beyond therefore have to catch a train to Hebden Bridge and change there to continue their journey. Stansfield Hall station used to serve the northern end of the town on this line, but it was closed in 1944.
Northern Rail made changes to the Caldervale line services from December 2008. Three trains per hour now run between Leeds and Manchester Victoria - one is the current stopping service that ran prior to the timetable change (serving all stations via Halifax), one is routed via Dewsbury and Brighouse (and includes stops at Moston, Mills Hill and Castleton) and one is a limited stop service - between Bradford and Manchester the service calls at Halifax, Hebden Bridge, Todmorden and Rochdale only. There is an hourly service each way (via Halifax) in the evenings and on Sundays.
There is a ticket office on platform 1 and waiting rooms on both platforms. Also on platform 1 is the Platform 1 Gallery, an art gallery run by Todmorden art group, which has regular exhibitions, as well as selling hand made gifts, and other art work including hand crafted teddy bears. There is also a small library, and a herb garden. There is a new Todmorden Station Partnership group who help look after the station, and stage events. |
