consists of a single island platform, accessible via a ramp from the underpass at street level, it is wheelchair accessible and also has a passenger lift. This was installed due to the 1-in-8 gradient between street level and platform level Facilities of the station include a waiting room, ticket desk, wheelchair-accessible toilet and a hot-drinks vending machine. A 3-week engineering blockade in July 2017 saw the track through the station re-aligned and a road underbridge replaced to allow for faster line speeds. Replacement buses were provided, with through trains diverted or terminating short at Stalybridge. Services The typical off-peak service from the station is: 2tph (trains per hour) to 2tph to On Sundays, 1tph runs in both directions. Gallery References The Manchester and Leeds Railway by Martin Bairstow The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society, LYR Branchiline 14 - "The Ashton and Stalybridge Branch", by Robert F Hartley. External links "SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST BOYS AT ASHTON": Placing Obstructions on the Railway" (news story from 1901, describing vandalism at Oldham Road) Railway stations in Tameside DfT Category E stations Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1846 Northern franchise railway stations Buildings and structures in Ashton-under-Lyne 1846 establishments in England