New Lane railway station
New Lane  | |
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New Lane railway station in 2015. | |
| Location | |
| Place | Burscough |
| Local authority | West Lancashire |
| Coordinates | 53°36′40″N 2°52′05″W / 53.611°N 2.868°WCoordinates: 53°36′40″N 2°52′05″W / 53.611°N 2.868°W |
| Grid reference | SD427131 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | NLN |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2004/05 | 3,107 |
| 2005/06 |
 3,139 |
| 2006/07 |
 2,745 |
| 2007/08 |
2,921 |
| 2008/09 |
3,116 |
| 2009/10 |
2,674 |
| 2010/11 |
3,034 |
| 2011/12 |
3,284 |
| 2012/13 |
3,312 |
| 2013/14 |
3,030 |
| 2014/15 |
6,660 |
| History | |
| Original company | Manchester and Southport Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
| Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway |
| 9 April 1855 | Opened[1] |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at New Lane from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
New Lane railway station serves the rural communities and farming villages around New Lane in West Lancashire, in the north-west of England. It is served and managed by Northern and is situated near the Martin Mere bird sanctuary, which can be reached by a 1-mile walk.
The main stone-built station building survives adjacent to the Wigan-bound platform, but is now in use for non-railway purposes (as a private house), modest shelters now being provided on both platforms for rail travellers.
History
The station was built by the Manchester and Southport Railway and opened on 9 April 1855, and from January 1885 was part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR). The main stone-built station building (no longer in use) was built during this time, in the standard L&YR style (albeit on a smaller scale compared with Burscough Bridge). The L&YR amalgamated with the London and North Western Railway on 1 January 1922 and in turn was grouped into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1923. Nationalisation followed in 1948. When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways until the privatisation of British Rail.
Services
Trains run to Southport and Manchester Victoria via Wigan Wallgate every two hours. A number of peak Southport-Manchester Piccadilly/Manchester Airport trains additionally call here.[2] The last service to Southport is at 21:24 hours with the last service towards Wigan Wallgate and Manchester stations being at 22:32. There is no Sunday service, though a normal service operates on most bank holidays.
References
- ↑ Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 170. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- ↑ Great Britain eNRT December 2015 Edition, Table 82
External links
Media related to New Lane railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Train times and station information for New Lane railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Bescar Lane | Northern Manchester-Southport Line |
Burscough Bridge | ||