Horwich Parkway railway station

Horwich Parkway

Location
Place	Horwich
Local authority	Bolton
Grid reference	SD643091
Operations
Station code	HWI
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	0.514 million
2011/12	0.586 million
2012/13	0.629 million
2013/14	0.654 million
2014/15	0.616 million
History
Key dates	Opened 2 July 1999 (2 July 1999)
National Rail – UK railway stations

* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Horwich Parkway from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Horwich Parkway is a railway station serving the town of Horwich and Middlebrook near Bolton, in Greater Manchester, England. Located within the historic county of Lancashire the station is 16 ¹⁄₄ miles (26.2 km) north west of Manchester Piccadilly on the Manchester to Preston commuter line. The station is close to Junction 6 of the M61 motorway which adds to its convenience as a park and ride railway station. It has digital information displays.

Rail services are operated by Northern. Horwich Parkway opened on 2 July 1999 and is the only railway station owned by TfGM although Northern Rail are contracted to operate it. A ticket office was built in 2007 and car parking provision has been expanded on several occasions. A wind turbine was built in 2012 and the station is powered by green energy. Horwich Parkway is the railway station for the Macron Stadium, home of Bolton Wanderers F.C. and the Middlebrook shopping, leisure and business complex.

Passengers visiting Horwich should be aware that the town centre of Horwich is much closer (1¼ miles) to Blackrod, the next station on the line, although it has fewer services, no ticket office and limited parking facilities.

Services

Northern: there are 3 trains per hour Monday to Saturdays northbound to Blackpool North and southbound to Bolton, with trains running alternately to Manchester Airport, Manchester Victoria or Hazel Grove.^[1] There are also a limited number of through trains to Barrow-in-Furness and Windermere, whilst some Manchester Victoria trains continue through to Huddersfield.

On Sundays there are two trains per hour to Blackpool North and one per hour each to Manchester Airport and Manchester Victoria.

On certain Bolton Wanderers matchdays there are football specials.

First TransPennine Express used to run the service from Machester Airport to Blackpool North but this was passed on to the new Northern franchise on the 1st April 2016.

References

↑ Table 82 National Rail timetable, May 2016

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Train times and station information for Horwich Parkway railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		Following station
Blackrod or Chorley	Northern Manchester-Preston Line	Lostock
Chorley or Blackrod	Northern Manchester Airport - Preston	Bolton or Lostock
Chorley	Northern Manchester Airport - Barrow-in-Furness/Windermere/Blackpool North	Bolton

Railway stations in Greater Manchester

Bolton	Blackrod Bolton Bromley Cross Daisy Hill Farnworth Hall i' th' Wood Horwich Parkway Kearsley Lostock Moses Gate Westhoughton

Bury	Bury Bolton Street ^†( Bury) Ramsbottom ^† Summerseat ^†

Manchester (Manchester station group in italics)	Ardwick Ashburys Belle Vue Burnage Deansgate ( Deansgate-Castlefield) East Didsbury Gorton Levenshulme Manchester Airport Manchester Oxford Road Manchester Piccadilly Manchester Victoria Mauldeth Road Moston Ryder Brow

Oldham	Greenfield

Rochdale	Castleton Heywood ^† Littleborough Mills Hill Rochdale Smithy Bridge

Salford	Clifton Eccles ( Eccles) Irlam Moorside Patricroft Salford Central Salford Crescent Swinton Walkden

Stockport	Bramhall Bredbury Brinnington Cheadle Hulme Davenport Gatley Hazel Grove Heald Green Heaton Chapel Marple Middlewood Reddish North Reddish South Romiley Rose Hill Marple Stockport ( Stockport) Strines Woodley Woodsmoor

Tameside	Ashton-under-Lyne ( Ashton) Broadbottom Denton Fairfield Flowery Field Godley Guide Bridge Hattersley Hyde Central Hyde North Mossley Newton for Hyde Stalybridge

Trafford	Altrincham Chassen Road Flixton Hale Humphrey Park Manchester United Navigation Road Trafford Park Urmston

Wigan	Atherton Bryn Gathurst Hag Fold Hindley Ince Orrell Pemberton Wigan North Western Wigan Wallgate ( Wigan)

^† stations on the East Lancashire Railway (heritage) List of open stations List of closed stations TfGM Transport

Buildings and structures in Bolton Borough, England

Buildings	Astley Bridge Mill Bolton Town Hall Bolton Museum Bolton Steam Museum Bolton Union Mill Century Mill, Farnworth Eagley Mills 10 Firwood Fold 15 Firwood Fold Hall i' th' Wood Kearsley Mill Smithills Hall Swan Lane Mills Ye Olde Man & Scythe

Places of worship	All Souls Church, Bolton Holy Trinity Church, Horwich St George's Church, Bolton St James' Church, Daisy Hill St John the Evangelist's Church, Farnworth St Mary the Virgin's Church, Deane St Margaret's Church, Halliwell St Matthew's Church, Little Lever St Maxentius' Church, Bradshaw St Patrick's Church, Bolton St Peter's Church, Bolton St Saviour's Church, Ringley St Stephen and All Martyrs' Church, Lever Bridge St Thomas' Church, Halliwell Shri Swaminarayan Mandir

Education	Bolton School Bolton TIC Rivington and Blackrod High School University of Bolton

Transportation	Bolton bus station Bolton Interchange Bolton railway station Blackrod railway station Farnworth railway station Horwich Parkway railway station Kearsley railway station Lostock railway station Moses Gate railway station Ringley Old Bridge Westhoughton railway station

Shopping complexes	Middlebrook

Sport and Entertainment	Bolton Arena Bolton Little Theatre Macron Stadium Octagon Theatre

Demolished	Burnden Park Lostock Junction Mills Chequerbent railway station Chequerbent railway station (1831) Grundy Hill Horwich railway station Westhoughton Mill

Lists	List of schools in Bolton List of mills in Bolton

Coordinates: 53°34′41″N 2°32′24″W / 53.578°N 2.540°W / 53.578; -2.540

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Horwich Parkway railway station

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