Leyland railway station
Leyland London Midland and Scottish Railway | |
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Key dates | |
31 October 1838 | Opened as Golden Hill[1] |
1838 | Renamed Leyland[1] |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 0.308 million |
2019/20 | 0.401 million |
2020/21 | 95,220 |
2021/22 | 0.312 million |
2022/23 | 0.333 million |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
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
The station is currently a four-platform hub, with a part-time ticket office (staffed 06:45-17:45 Mondays to Saturdays and 08:15-15:45 Sundays).[2] In 2011 new digital display screens were installed as well as an automated ticket machine and a new ticket office was built in 2014; A new pedestrian footbridge with lifts was built in 2016 bringing step-free access to all four platforms[3] and an automated PA system was installed in 2018.
Former franchise holder First North Western ran Euston services from Blackpool which called at Leyland in the late 1990s but these were soon discontinued. Leyland station is now very much a commuter station from and to Preston, with links to Chorley, Wigan, 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.
Six-carriage (coupled 3-car) Class 331 units run on most services to/from Manchester and some services to/from Liverpool. The platforms are currently too short to open all doors at Leyland, and only the front four carriages will open. Works are currently taking place as of November 2023 to extend the platforms to allow all doors to open.
Services
The station is served exclusively by
As of December 2022, there are 2 express trains per hour southbound to
Gallery
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The station in 1963
References
- ^ OL 11956311M.
- ^ Leyland station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 10 January 2017
- ^ Leyland station in 2016 Dixon, David Geograph.org; retrieved 10 January 2017
- ^ Table 84 & 102 National Rail timetable, December 2022
- ^ "Northern Trains – Timetables Blackpool to Liverpool" (PDF). Northern. Archived from the original on 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
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External links
- Train times and station information for Leyland railway station from National Rail
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Manchester Airport | ||||
Northern Trains | ||||
Historical railways | ||||
Farington Line open, station closed |
North Union Railway | Euxton (L&NW) Line open, station closed | ||
Euxton (L&Y) Line open, station closed |