Bryn railway station

This article is about the railway station in Wigan, England. For the railway station in Oslo, Norway, see Bryn railway station (Oslo).

Bryn
Bryn railway station in 1989
Location
Place	Bryn
Local authority	Wigan
Coordinates	53.4996°N 2.6477°W / 53.4996; -2.6477
Operations
Station code	BYN
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	79,638
2005/06 *	84,850
2006/07 *	92,213
2007/08 *	90,250
2008/09 *	112,896
2009/10 *	128,994
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Greater Manchester
History
Opened 1 December 1869 (1 December 1869)
History
Original company	Lancashire Union Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
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 Bryn from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Bryn railway station is in Bryn, in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is the nearest station to Ashton-In-Makerfield. The station is situated on Liverpool to Wigan Line. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern Rail.

Services

Monday to Saturday daytimes, there is a half-hourly service to Wigan North Western northbound and Liverpool Lime Street southbound. Evenings there is an hourly service in each direction.

There is no Sunday service.

History

The station was opened on 1 December 1869 by the Lancashire Union Railway on their route between St Helens and Blackburn.

External links

• Train times and station information for Bryn railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Garswood		Northern Rail Liverpool to Wigan Line Mondays-Saturdays only		Wigan North Western
	Historical railways
Garswood		London and North Western Railway Lancashire Union Railway		Wigan
				Amberswood (Hindley)

The station in 1962