Rochdale railway station
You can reach 68 stations directly from Rochdale on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Manchester Victoria, with 206 trains a day.
Rochdale is the nearest station for postcodes in OL16, OL12. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Rochdale
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester Victoria | 206 | 237 | 98 |
| Todmorden | 141 | 173 | 98 |
| Salford Crescent | 128 | 126 | 0 |
| Salford Central | 126 | 125 | 0 |
| Hebden Bridge | 105 | 137 | 82 |
| Leeds | 105 | 105 | 57 |
| Blackburn | 98 | 97 | 16 |
| Littleborough | 79 | 80 | 47 |
| Bradford Interchange | 73 | 104 | 58 |
| Halifax | 73 | 104 | 58 |
| Smithy Bridge | 73 | 74 | 16 |
| Sowerby Bridge | 73 | 105 | 82 |
| Bramley | 70 | 70 | 30 |
| New Pudsey | 70 | 72 | 57 |
| Mytholmroyd | 69 | 101 | 54 |
| Atherton | 66 | 65 | 0 |
| Castleton | 66 | 66 | 16 |
| Daisy Hill | 66 | 65 | 0 |
| Mills Hill | 66 | 66 | 16 |
| Moston | 66 | 66 | 16 |
| Swinton (Manchester) | 66 | 65 | 0 |
| Walkden | 66 | 65 | 0 |
| Hag Fold | 64 | 63 | 0 |
| Hindley | 64 | 63 | 0 |
| Wigan Wallgate | 64 | 62 | 0 |
| Bromley Cross | 62 | 61 | 0 |
| Bolton | 62 | 61 | 0 |
| Darwen | 62 | 61 | 0 |
| Hall i' th' Wood | 62 | 61 | 0 |
| Walsden | 43 | 43 | 15 |
| Low Moor | 37 | 37 | 0 |
| Accrington | 36 | 36 | 16 |
| Burnley Manchester Road | 36 | 36 | 16 |
| Entwistle | 36 | 35 | 0 |
| Rose Grove | 36 | 36 | 16 |
| Moorside | 35 | 34 | 0 |
| Clitheroe | 33 | 36 | 0 |
| Ince | 33 | 34 | 0 |
| Langho | 33 | 36 | 0 |
| Ramsgreave and Wilpshire | 33 | 36 | 0 |
and 28 more stations, each served less often.
How busy Rochdale is
1,629,872 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 339th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 74,104 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Rochdale and Manchester Victoria than any other pair: 820,846 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 23 stations instead of 68, a drop of about 66%. Saturday runs to 66.
Nearest other stations
- Castleton 1.6 miles
- Smithy Bridge 2.2 miles
- Littleborough 3.2 miles
- Mills Hill 4.2 miles
- Moston 6.1 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Rochdale, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Wardleworth · 0.9 miles
- Shawclough and Healey · 1.8 miles
- Broadley · 2.6 miles
- Slattocks · 2.9 miles
- Whitworth · 3.3 miles
- Royton · 3.4 miles
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.