Croston railway station

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 Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	38,772
2005/06 *	37,457
2006/07 *	41,690
2007/08 *	41,975
2008/09 *	44,512
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* 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.
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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 only		Rufford

External links

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

Coordinates: 53°40′05″N 2°46′41″W / 53.668°N 2.778°W / 53.668; -2.778