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 Ashton-Under-Lyne 

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, Ashton-Under-Lyne had 142,178 entries and exits, making it the 1,446th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
1446/2575
It ranked 814th busiest (out of 997), with 247 scheduled services per week.
814/997
That's a daily average of 389.53 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 11.07 passengers per service, giving it the 871st (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
871/1659

Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

Usage stats in detail

Standard price entries & exits: 65,130
Reduced price entries & exits: 51,320
Season ticket entries & exits: 25,728
Total entries & exits: 142,178
Interchanges made between connecting services: 0
Change in usage from 21/22: -25,846 : -15.38%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Platform Lengths

Plat.MetresVF*Notes
Down106385
Up106385
*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

Service Patterns

Current Timetables

TableDescriptionTimetable
083Manchester - Stalybridge - HuddersfieldOct24
095Liverpool & Manchester - Leeds & The North East via HuddersfieldOct24
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Usage History


Change between 1997 & 2023:-14,417 (-9.21%)

Reasons for change:
2008-09 PTE Urban Area Station
2011-12 Continues high growth from previous year
2012-13 Change driven primarily by improvement of PTE infill
2014-15 May be linked to a reduction in services following the May 2014 timetable change
2017-18 Impacted by North West electrification works
2019-20 Improved South East Manchester performance due to May 2018 timetable diverting TPE services via Manchester Victoria

Location Details

Location: Ashton-Under-Lyne
CRS: AHN / NLC: 2790 / TIPLOC(S): ASHONUL
Station Facility Owner: Northern Trains
OS Grid Ref: 393857 399399
Constituency: Ashton-under-Lyne
Local Authority: Tameside
NR Region: North West
PTE: Greater Manchester
ELR: MVL1 6m 33ch
This station is part of the Greater Manchester PTE

Fares

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Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from Ashton-Under-Lyne during 2022/2023:
•Manchester Victoria (33,449 journeys)
•Salford Central (6,543 journeys)
•Salford Crescent (6,232 journeys)
•Bolton (4,645 journeys)
•Stalybridge (2,515 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are Ashton-Under-Lyne's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
Manchester Victoria6.30
Stalybridge1.21