Appley Bridge railway station
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| Location | |
| Place | Appley Bridge |
| Local authority | West Lancashire |
| Operations | |
| Station code | APB |
| Managed by | Northern Rail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2004/05 * | 0.146 million |
| 2005/06 * | 0.172 million |
| 2006/07 * | 0.174 million |
| 2007/08 * | 0.178 million |
| 2008/09 * | 0.206 million |
| 2009/10 * | 0.220 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Greater Manchester |
| History | |
| 9 April 1855 | Station opens |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Appley Bridge from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. | |
Appley Bridge railway station serves the villages of Appley Bridge (Lancashire) and Shevington (Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester) in England.
The station is 4½ miles (7 km) north west of Wigan Wallgate on the Manchester-Southport Line.
The station itself is in the Lancashire side of the village, but it is supported by the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive and as such within the GMPTE ticketing zone.
Appley Bridge railway station was built by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway and opened on 9 April 1855. The main stone-built station building survives adjacent to the Wigan-bound platform, but is now in use for non-railway purposes (as a public house), modest shelters now being provided on both platforms for rail travellers.
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[edit] History
Opened by the Manchester and Southport Railway as a branch of the East Lancashire Railway, it was absorbed by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948,
When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways until the Privatisation of British Railways.
[edit] Services
Monday to Saturday daytimes, there are two trains an hour to Southport westbound and to Wigan. Beyond Wigan, services run alternately to Manchester Victoria via Atherton and to Bolton, Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport. After 19:30 the service drops to hourly each way.
On Sundays there is an hourly service to Southport and Stockport via Manchester Piccadilly. Alternate Stockport trains continue on to Altrincham and Chester.
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Gathurst | Northern Rail Manchester-Southport Line |
Parbold | ||
| Wigan Wallgate | Northern Rail Manchester Airport-Southport |
Parbold | ||
[edit] 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. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Appley Bridge railway station from National Rail
- Station on navigable O.S. map.
