Ince (Wigan) railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Ince


code = INC
manager = Northern Rail
locale = Ince-in-Makerfield
borough = Wigan
lowusage0405 = 9,320
lowusage0506 = 9,978
lowusage0607 = 10,743
platforms = 2
pte = Greater Manchester
zone =
start =

Ince railway station serves the Ince area of Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester. The station is on the Manchester-Southport Line 28 km (17¼ miles) north west of Manchester Victoria.

Until November 1964 Ince was also served by a station at Lower Ince on the line from Wigan Central to Glazebrook (to the now closed Manchester Central).

Ince "suffered" in the 1960's and 1970's from much house clearance and landscaping. This has resulted in low passenger usage for the station which served an area which was (until the 1960's) a bustling independent town. Ince (unlike Daisy Hill and Hindley, and other stations on the line) is not a commuter dormitory suburb and now the station is sadly deserted even at peak times (see usage figures right). There has recently, however, been a "slight rally" with usage figures increasing by around 10%. What does not help matters is that only certain services to Manchester via the Atherton line generally stop at Ince, and not (outside the peak) services to Bolton, a popular shopping centre.

ervices

As mentioned above, the station is served only by certain trains on the Wigan to Manchester routes - currently there is an hourly service in each direction to Manchester Victoria & Rochdale and to Kirkby (Wigan during the evenings) respectively . A small number of morning & evening weekday peak services to and from Bolton also call.

There is no Sunday service.

External links

* [http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/ Disused-stations.org (see Lower Ince)]

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