- Croston railway station
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Croston Location Place Croston Local authority Chorley Operations Station code CSO Managed by Northern Rail Number of platforms 1 Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail EnquiriesAnnual rail passenger usage 2004/05 * 38,772 2005/06 * 37,457 2006/07 * 41,690 2007/08 * 41,975 2008/09 * 44,512 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 passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Croston from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. Croston railway station serves the small village of Croston, near Chorley in Lancashire, the station is on the Ormskirk branch line.
This line was cut back with the railway restructuring of the 1960s and 1970s, and only a single DMU (usually a Class 153) operates over the line, shuttling from end to end to provide a train approximately every ninety minutes each way on weekdays (there being no Sunday service). "Line" is the suitable word here, as along the route are clear signs the former dual track route from Preston to Ormskirk and Southport has been severely cut back. Trains connect at Ormskirk with Merseyrail services to Liverpool Central. Croston enjoys bus connections to nearby Leyland, Chorley, Southport, and Preston. It is on the B5247 into Bretherton.
Preceding station National Rail
Following station Preston Northern Rail
Ormskirk Branch Line
Mondays-Saturdays onlyRufford External links
- Train times and station information for Croston railway station from National Rail
Categories:- Railway stations in Chorley
- Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations
- Railway stations served by Northern Rail
- DfT Category F2 stations
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