Adlington (Lancashire) railway station

Adlington (Lancashire) railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Adlington
code = ADL


manager = Northern Rail
locale = Adlington
borough = Chorley
start = 4 February 1841
platforms = 2
lowusage0405 = 79,777
lowusage0506 = 82,138
lowusage0607 = 83,270

Adlington railway station serves the village of Adlington, near Chorley in Lancashire, UK. It is a two-platform station on the Chorley-Bolton line. This is part of the Northern Rail service link between Preston and Manchester.

Until 1960 Adlington was also served by a station named White Bear (on the line from Wigan North Western to Chorley).

History

Opened by the Northern Union Railway, then part of the Manchester and Bolton Railway (Bolton and Preston Railway) it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Regional Railways until the Privatisation of British Railways.

ervice

There is a basic hourly service in each direction from the station (including evenings & Sundays) to Manchester Piccadilly, Stockport & Buxton southbound and to Preston & Blackpool northbound. Additional trains call during weekday peak periods.

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