Smithy Bridge railway station
The station is on the Caldervale Line 12+3⁄4 miles (20.5 km) north of Manchester Victoria on the way to Leeds.[1] There is a basic half-hourly service (with peak period extras) from the station to Manchester Victoria southbound and to Todmorden northbound on weekdays.From there, trains continue alternately to Blackburn via Burnley Manchester Road and to Leeds via Brighouse.Westbound services run beyond Manchester to Wigan Wallgate and Headbolt Lane.It was closed on 2 May 1960 by British Rail but reopened on its original site, albeit with a slightly different platform layout, on 19 August 1985 with financial assistance from Greater Manchester PTE.