Closures begin as £21m Salford Crescent works commence
Network Rail’s plan to build a third platform at Salford Crescent station has been set in motion with the announcement of the first wave of road closures.
A £21m investment into Salford Crescent will give signallers more options to ease congestion on railways and in turn the rest of the Manchester transport network.
With work now underway, a section of University Road West has been shut and will remain so for at least a year. Diversions have been put in place for drivers.
The station itself will close across several weekends between March and September 2025. Work will not be finished until 2026.
Network Rail collaborated with WSP to submit a planning application for the platform project in July 2024.
Cllr Mike McCusker, lead member for planning, transport, and sustainable development at Salford City Council, thanked passengers for their patience and said: “The addition of a third platform at Salford Crescent station is a significant investment in our vision for the city of Salford as we continue to regenerate and rejuvenate our existing transport infrastructure to meet the future demands from our commuter and commercial stakeholders.”
Simon Elliott, head of rail at Transport for Greater Manchester, said: “We welcome the significant improvement and investment planning with Network Rail’s work at Salford Crescent and TfGM’s at Salford Central.
“Together, these upgrades are a vital part of our wider ambition to improve our integrated and sustainable transport system for the future.”
Work to improve Salford Central is also underway, with closures due from 10 February to 21 April 2025.
The £10m upgrades will mainly be tailored to customer experience improvements such as Bee Network signage and new customer information points.
Fantastic news for the local area.It’s a great little station and so much more convenient, than having to travel into Manchester, to catch a train.
By Anonymous
This station should never have been created in first place it’s created a bottle neck and meant trains running into Manchester slower than they did 40 years ago.
By Barbara Smith
The second upgrade in not so many years ago since the last one and still without a short stay car park and open walkway down to the station 10million.Wouldnt have cost as much to upgrade the old Pendleton station which is becoming an upgraded area with lots of student flats being built and closer than travelling down to the Crescent.Short sightedness as usual by so called expert planners!!
By Anonymous
Salford crescent is lovely and has great staff but it doesn’t need a third platform – it needs toilets!!
By Kal Bee