Daisy Hill railway station

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Daisy Hill
Location
Place	Westhoughton
Local authority	Bolton
Operations
Station code	DSY
Managed by	Northern Rail
Platforms in use
Annual entry/exit 04/05	0.106 million **
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Greater Manchester
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
** based on sales of tickets in 2004/05 financial year which end or originate at Daisy Hill. Disclaimer (PDF)

Daisy Hill railway station serves the Daisy Hill area of Westhoughton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England.

The station lies on the Manchester-Southport Line with regular services to these towns as well as Salford, and Wigan. Due to considerable housing development in the area, it is now a well-used commuter station and according to official Strategic Rail Authority Figures is (after Atherton) the most used station on the line. It is fully staffed.

[edit] Service

Monday to Saturday daytimes:

• 2 trains per hour to Rochdale.

• • 1tph operates a local service stopping at:

Hag Fold, Atherton, Walkden, Moorside, Swinton, Salford Crescent, Salford Crescent, Manchester Victoria, and Rochdale

• • 1tph operates a faster service stopping at:

Atherton, Walkden, Swinton, Salford Crescent, Salford Central, Manchester Victoria and Rochdale

• 1tph to Kirkby stopping at:

Hindley, Ince, Wigan Wallgate, Pemberton, Orrell, Up Holland, Rainford, Kirkby

• 1tph to Southport stopping at:

Hindley, Wigan Wallgate, Gathurst, Appley Bridge, Parbold, Burscough Bridge, New Lane, Bescar Lane, Meols Cop, Southport

There is no trains servind Daisy Hill on Sundays.

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Daisy Hill railway station from National Rail
• Street map and aerial photo of Daisy Hill railway station from Multimap.com

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Hindley		Northern Rail (Manchester-Southport Line)		Hag Fold