Walkden train station
You can reach 48 stations directly from Walkden on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Atherton, with 70 trains a day.
Walkden is the nearest station for postcodes in M28, M38. Check your own postcode.
- 48 direct destinations
- 1,157th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- 104 parking spaces
- 6 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Walkden
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atherton | 70 | 68 | 15 |
| Daisy Hill | 70 | 68 | 15 |
| Manchester Victoria | 70 | 68 | 15 |
| Salford Crescent | 70 | 68 | 15 |
| Swinton (Manchester) | 70 | 68 | 15 |
| Hindley | 68 | 66 | 15 |
| Salford Central | 68 | 66 | 15 |
| Hag Fold | 67 | 65 | 15 |
| Wigan Wallgate | 67 | 65 | 15 |
| Rochdale | 66 | 64 | 0 |
| Todmorden | 65 | 63 | 0 |
| Littleborough | 64 | 63 | 0 |
| Smithy Bridge | 63 | 62 | 0 |
| Walsden | 39 | 39 | 0 |
| Moorside | 38 | 36 | 15 |
| Hebden Bridge | 33 | 33 | 0 |
| Ince | 33 | 33 | 15 |
| Leeds | 33 | 33 | 0 |
| Mytholmroyd | 33 | 32 | 0 |
| Sowerby Bridge | 33 | 32 | 0 |
| Accrington | 32 | 30 | 0 |
| Blackburn | 32 | 30 | 0 |
| Burnley Manchester Road | 32 | 30 | 0 |
| Rose Grove | 32 | 30 | 0 |
| Brighouse | 31 | 31 | 0 |
| Batley | 30 | 31 | 0 |
| Dewsbury | 30 | 31 | 0 |
| Mirfield | 30 | 31 | 0 |
| Morley | 30 | 31 | 0 |
| Headbolt Lane | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| Orrell | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| Pemberton | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| Rainford | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| Upholland | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| Wigan North Western | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Bradford Interchange | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Cottingley | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Halifax | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Appley Bridge | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Burscough Bridge | 1 | 1 | 14 |
and 8 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Walkden
Walkden is on the Manchester to Southport Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Walkden station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Walkden station on 12 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 2 paths on the Wednesday, 1 path on the Saturday and no paths on the Sunday. 1 of them runs whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move.
The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.
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Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless
How busy Walkden station is
300,502 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,157th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Walkden and Manchester Victoria than any other pair: 134,056 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: 17 stations instead of 48, a drop of about 65%. Saturday runs to 48.
Nearest other stations
- Moorside 1.8 miles
- Kearsley 1.9 miles
- Farnworth 2.1 miles
- Swinton (Manchester) 2.4 miles
- Moses Gate 2.5 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Walkden, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Ellenbrook · 0.9 miles
- Little Hulton · 1.1 miles
- Worsley · 1.8 miles
- Plodder Lane · 2.3 miles
- Dixon Fold · 2.3 miles
- Monton Green · 2.5 miles
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Facilities at Walkden station
Walkden is staffed part time, with step-free access to no part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:10 to 12:40 · Saturday: 07:10 to 13:40 · Sunday: closed
Parking at Walkden station
- Park & Ride 104 spaces, 8 accessible
Cycle parking: 32 spaces (compounds).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 26 June 2026.
Getting to Walkden station
Walkden station is in Salford, North West, and is run by Northern Trains.
The nearest motorway junction is M61 J2 (Worsley Braided Interchange), 1.0 miles north.
6 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Walkden Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Walkden station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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