Salford Crescent railway station

Salford Crescent railway station is a railway station in , Greater Manchester, England, opened by British Rail in 1987. The station is 1 mile west of , 1.75 miles west of and 2.25 miles west of .
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: railway station in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Salford Crescent Railway Station”, “Salford Crescent Station”, and “SLD”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Salford Museum and Art Gallery and Working Class Movement Library.

Museum
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, in , , opened to the public in November 1850 as the Royal Museum and Public Library. The gallery and museum are devoted to the history of Salford and Victorian art and architecture. is situated 930 feet southeast of Salford Crescent railway station.

Library
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The is a collection of English language books, periodicals, pamphlets, archives and artefacts, relating to the development of the political and cultural institutions of the working class created by the Industrial Revolution, in Salford, Greater Manchester, . is situated 870 feet southeast of Salford Crescent railway station.

Park
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is a public in , , England, located on the flood plain of the River Irwell below Salford Crescent and adjacent to the University of Salford. is situated 1,100 feet northeast of Salford Crescent railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pendleton and Salford.

Suburb
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is an inner-city district of , Greater Manchester, England. The A6 dual carriageway skirts the east of the district. Historically in , experienced rapid urbanisation during the Industrial Revolution.

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is a city in in northwest England, with a population of 130,000 in 2021. It's separated from the City of Manchester by a loop of the River Irwell. Its biggest attraction is the Quays, but this area is described on a separate page.

Quarter
is an outer-city suburb of in , England. It is situated along the banks of the River Irwell, close to the traditional centre of Salford at Greengate, between Manchester City Centre and Broughton.

Salford Crescent railway station

Latitude
53.48623° or 53° 29′ 10″ north
Longitude
-2.27571° or 2° 16′ 33″ west
Elevation
141 feet (43 metres)
Operator
Northern Trains
Network
National Rail
Abbreviation
“SLD”
Open location code
9C5VFPPF+FP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7156706375
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6953491
Wiki­data ID
Q2084487
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Welsh—“Salford Crescent railway station” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “station Salford Crescent”
  • Dutch: “Station Salford Crescent”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محطة سالفورد كريسينت”
  • French: “gare de Salford Crescent”
  • French: “Salford Crescent”
  • Urdu: “سیلفورڈ کریسنٹ ریلوے اسٹیشن”
  • Welsh: “Gorsaf reilffordd Cilgant Salford”

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