Salford Crescent railway station

Salford Crescent railway station is a railway station in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, opened by British Rail in 1987.The station is 1mi west of Salford Central, 1.75mi west of Manchester Victoria and 2.25mi 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 2016ServicesEastbound: frequent services operate to Manchester Piccadilly, mostly continuing to either Manchester Airport or and to Manchester Victoria, with certain services extending to either or Blackburn via Todmorden and.