Orrell railway station

Not to be confused with Orrell Park railway station.

Orrell
Orrell railway station in 2015
Location
Place	Orrell
Local authority	Wigan
Coordinates	53°31′48″N 2°42′32″W / 53.5301°N 2.7090°W / 53.5301; -2.7090Coordinates: 53°31′48″N 2°42′32″W / 53.5301°N 2.7090°W / 53.5301; -2.7090
Grid reference	SD531039
Operations
Station code	ORR
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*
2004/05	48,114
2005/06	65,703
2006/07	64,974
2007/08	74,161
2008/09	86,606
2009/10	94,428
2010/11	101,358
2011/12	111,958
2012/13	116,540
2013/14	112,236
2014/15	97,652
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Transport for Greater Manchester
National Rail – UK railway stations

* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Orrell from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Orrell railway station serves the Orrell area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is a small two-platform commuter hub on the Wigan to Kirkby branch line.

From Orrell, trains provide services to Manchester, passing through Wigan's Wallgate station. On the opposite platform, trains served by Northern use the Tontine Tunnel onwards towards the Kirkby terminus of this branch line.

The majority of passengers at Orrell use services to Wigan town centre and Manchester. The services to Manchester are significantly busier than those to Kirkby. Usage figures are slightly inflated by the fact that Orrell is the boundary for free Concessionary travel for Manchester residents; pensioners book (free) to Orrell and need only pay from there to areas outside Greater Manchester.

Service

There is an hourly service Monday to Saturday daytimes eastbound direct to Wigan Wallgate and Bolton westbound to Kirkby for connection to Liverpool Central.

There is no late evening service and there is no service on a Sunday. A normal service operates on most Bank holidays.^[1]

References

↑ Table 82 National Rail timetable, May 2016

External links

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Train times and station information for Orrell railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Upholland		Northern Kirkby Branch Line		Pemberton

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

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