Urmston railway station in Urmston is in the Trafford metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in the north west of England. The station is 51⁄2 miles (8.9 km) west of Manchester Oxford Road on the Manchester-Liverpool Line. The station, and all services calling there, is operated by Northern Rail.
The main station building on the Liverpool-bound platform was disused for many years in the 1990s, but has been re-opened as a pub/restaurant in June 2008. The station is staffed part-time.
A new building on the Manchester-bound platform houses the ticket office and a waiting room.
Read more about Urmston Railway Station: Services
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