FRECCLES - Friends of Eccles Station

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The new accessible toilet pod at Eccles Station is now open !

After two years delay, the new accessible toilet pod at Eccles Station was finally made available for use at the end of June 2026. Funded by Northern and Transport for Greater Manchester, this project is part of ongoing efforts to improve station facilities across Greater Manchester.

Accessibility and disability groups have offered their expertise and guidance to ensure all needs are being met by these completely accessible toilets. The toilet pod has controlled access via either a radar key, a train ticket QR code, or press button access linked directly to Northern’s 24hr customer contact centre.

For news about moves to improve access to the platforms at Eccles Station, click here.

Who are FRECCLES ?

FRECCLES was established on 15th September 2005, the 175th anniversary of the opening of the world's first main line passenger railway between Manchester and Liverpool through Eccles on 15th September 1830. Working in partnership with ACoRP, TfGM, Salford City Council, Northern Rail and Network Rail, we aim to improve the environment and passenger services at Eccles Station and the immediate surrounding area and to put the station back into the heart of the community.

Now in its twentyfirst year, FRECCLES can claim to be well on the way to achieving many of these objectives. Certainly we have the strong support of all the above organisations, which recognise the work we have carried out to transform the appearance of the station. This recognition has been accompanied by significant funding which has heped us, for example, in our gardening work. However, we still lack a frequent train service - surely the most important facility one would hope to find at a railway station - and one which our many supporters in the local community expect us to correct at a stroke !

Freccles has a membership of around 40 and at least half of these are very active, being members of at least one of our subgroups - Service Development, Gardening, Heritage, Publicity and Funding. Some of these groups have separate sections on this website where you can find out more about their work. If you would like to join us, or to find out more about FRECCLES, you can contact us by email at info@freccles.org.uk or visit the Freccles page on Facebook.