Gathurst railway station

Gathurst
Gathurst railway station in 1989
Location
Place	Gathurst
Local authority	Wigan
Operations
Station code	GST
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	34,989
2005/06 *	47,600
2006/07 *	50,625
2007/08 *	53,103
2008/09 *	71,762
2009/10 *	73,388
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Greater Manchester
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 Gathurst from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

On the outskirts of the town of Wigan, Greater Manchester, the semi-rural Gathurst is a recently refurbished two-platform station on the Southport line 2¾ miles (5 km) north west of Wigan Wallgate station. The station also serves the nearby village of Shevington, indeed until 1973 (see British Rail Timetable of 1972) was named Gathurst for Shevington.

Service

There is generally an hourly service from Gathurst westbound to Southport and eastbound to Manchester Victoria. Some Southport to Manchester Airport services also call at Gathurst at certain times of the day.

Sundays the eastbound service goes instead to Stockport via Manchester Piccadilly, with alternate trains continuing to Altrincham and Chester.

External links

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Wigan Wallgate		Northern Rail Manchester-Southport Line		Appley Bridge