Parbold railway station

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General information
Location	West Lancashire
Managed by	Northern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	PBL

Parbold railway station, on the Manchester to Southport Line, serves the village of Parbold and the nearby village of Newburgh in West Lancashire, England. It is currently operated by Northern.

History

The station was built by the Manchester and Southport Railway as a branch of the East Lancashire Railway on 9 April 1855. It radically altered the village, allowing workers to live in Parbold and commute to urban areas throughout the North West. The railway station also provided a natural centre for the village which it still is today. It was absorbed by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) in 1885. The main stone-built station building (still in use) was built during this time, in the standard L&YR style. Parbold railway station then 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 Rail.

In 2005 the railway station underwent a £250,000 restoration project which saw the ticket office restored to its former glory and new fences and CCTV installed.

Name

The station was originally named Newburgh after the nearest large village (Newburgh) but this became Newburgh for Parbold and then Parbold for Newburgh. At this point Dalton wanted to also to be mentioned in the official name so the railway company decided to just call the station Parbold (this happened before 1910 as the station was called Parbold in the Bradshaw of that date). At one point however the station was again renamed as Parbold for Newburgh (see 1960s and 1980s British Railway timetables.) Finally in 1973 the station became once again plain Parbold.

Services

Monday to Saturday daytimes there are two trains per hour in each direction westbound towards Southport and eastbound towards Manchester; one of these goes to Piccadilly and Manchester Airport via Bolton and the other to Victoria via Atherton (with certain trains continuing to Stalybridge, Huddersfield & Leeds).

There is an hourly service in each direction on Sundays, with trains running eastbound to Stockport (via Manchester Piccadilly) and through to either Chester via Altrincham or to Hazel Grove (alternate hours).

External links

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Hoscar or Burscough Bridge		Northern Manchester to Southport Line or Manchester Airport-Southport		Appley Bridge