Leyland railway station
Leyland | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | South Ribble |
| Managed by | Northern Rail |
| Platforms | 4 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | LEY |
| History | |
| Original company | North Union Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 31 October 1838 | Opened as Golden Hill[1] |
| 1838 | Renamed Leyland[1] |
Leyland railway station serves the town of Leyland in Lancashire, England. It was formerly "Golden Hill", the name of the street and area in which the station is based, but was renamed Leyland soon after opening. The original station was built in 1838, with two platforms.
Station
The station is located on the West Coast Main Line just south of Preston, and is the approximate halfway point between Glasgow and London, some 198 miles in either direction, with a placard on Leyland Trucks' Spurrier works stating this fact.
The station is currently a four-platform hub, with a part-time ticket office. In 2011 new display screens were installed as well as an automated ticket machine and a new ticket office was built in 2014, also a new pedestrian footbridge is currently being built and will be ready by the end of summer 2016. Former franchise holder First North Western ran Euston services from Blackpool which called at Leyland but these were soon discontinued. Leyland station is now very much a commuter station from and to Preston, with links to Chorley, Wigan and Liverpool (after years of no "Southbound" services towards Wigan a 'local' service was resumed in 1988) and Manchester, with no long distance main line services calling at the station.
The station at Farington, Farington railway station was closed before the Beeching Plan of the 1960s and no direct trains run to Lostock Hall.
Services
The station is served primarily by Northern Rail trains between Liverpool Lime Street and Preston (hourly each way) and between Manchester Victoria and Blackpool North & Hazel Grove and Blackpool North via Manchester Piccadilly (both hourly each way).
During the evenings and on Sundays there are hourly services to Manchester Victoria & Liverpool and two per hour to Preston and Blackpool North.
Limited First TransPennine Express services between Manchester Airport and Preston used to stop here but these no longer call here as of May 2012.
Gallery
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The station in 1963
References
- ^ a b Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. p. 106. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
External links
- Train times and station information for Leyland railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station |  National Rail
|
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preston | Northern Rail Manchester-Preston Line |
Buckshaw Parkway | ||
| Northern Rail Blackpool-Liverpool Line |
Euxton Balshaw Lane | |||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Farington Line open, station closed |
North Union Railway | Balshaw Lane and Euxton Line and station open | ||
| Chorley Line and station open | ||||
