Weatherfield Railway Station is a closed station on the Liverpool to Manchester line that was located on Victoria Street in Weatherfield. The station was accessed from ground level with ticket offices at either side of the entrance, though the platforms and tracks were raised and ran across a viaduct that was accessed through the station's facilities. The former station now serves as a tram stop on the Manchester Metrolink, currently operating under the name Weatherfield North.
At some point between 1901 and 1949, Northern Tramways Limited operated a tram service across the same viaduct as part of the Manchester Corporation Tramway. After World War II, electric trolleybuses and motor buses began to be favoured by local authorities as a cheaper transport alternative, and by 1949 the last Manchester tram line was closed. Frosted windows on the upper floor of Weatherfield North elude to its past when it was operated by the Northern Tramways Limited.
The railway station was still open in September 1974 when porter Syd Greaves took charge of the tandem that the Ogdens were planning to use to cycle through Lancashire. Syd noted that they were already worn out by the short ride from their home to Weatherfield Railway Station and suggested they leave it with him. When the Ogdens got back, they kept up the pretence that they rode the tandem but no one was fooled as Syd had returned the bike to Ray Langton a few days earlier.
Metrolink's network was extended westwards to Eccles as part of the 1990s urban regeneration of Salford Quays in 1999. Despite its conversion as part of the new Metrolink line, Weatherfield North has retained its old ticket offices and Victorian canopy at the station facilities. The tram stop is also served by the following bus routes; 33, 63 and 157.
The station's signage on display in Roy's Rolls
In 2022, Nina Lucas gifted her locomotive enthusiast uncle Roy Cropper the original sign from Weatherfield Railway Station, who proudly displayed it above the fireplace in Roy's Rolls.