Lostock Hall railway station

Lostock Hall
Lostock Hall railway station in 2009
Location
Place	Lostock Hall
Local authority	South Ribble
Operations
Station code	LOH
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	38,731
2005/06 *	32,848
2006/07 *	32,555
2007/08 *	30,151
2008/09 *	28,490
2009/10 *	27,422
History
Opened May 1984 (May 1984)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Lostock Hall from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Lostock Hall railway station is 2¾ miles (4 km) south of Preston City station. It is on the East Lancashire Line and is managed by Northern Rail, who also provide all passenger trains serving it.

Description

It is sited close to what was once a large rail junction linking Lancashire services from Preston and Blackburn with destinations across the county and beyond. Following severe cut-backs in the 1960s, lines from Preston through Walton-Le-Dale and Farington/Leyland were closed and the rails lifted. The original Lostock Hall Motive Power Depot was closed in 1968 and subsequently demolished. Many rumours state that this site was once home to the original Lostock Hall station, but this is not true. The original 2-platform station was located to the west of the present site on the other side of the road bridge shown in the photograph. The end of the Blackburn platform would be just visible from the viewpoint. Access to the Preston platform was from the ticket office that was built out from the bridge on its westside, the Blackburn platform was accessed via the highway footpath and on to a stair leading down from the bridge. Trains stopping at this station provided services to Preston and Blackburn; and to Liverpool and Blackburn, this service did not call at Preston.

After a considerable interval of time, local pressure led to the building of a new but modest two-platform stop (opened in 1984). This was situated on the other side of a road bridge away from the original station. There is no ticket office or clock.

Services

Monday to Saturdays, there is an hourly service from Lostock Hall towards Preston and Blackpool South, westbound and Blackburn, Burnley and Colne, eastbound. There is a two-hourly service in each direction on Sundays.

Direct bus services between Chorley, Leyland and Preston and beyond run through Lostock Hall on a much more frequent service

External links

• Train times and station information for Lostock Hall railway station from National Rail
• Lostock Hall MPD (engine shed)

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Preston		Northern Rail East Lancashire Line		Bamber Bridge