Kearsley railway station

Kearsley
Location
Place Kearsley
Local authority Bolton
Grid reference SD752054
Operations
Station code KSL
Managed by Northern Rail
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *   14,774
2005/06 * 16,187
2006/07 * 21,987
2007/08 * 26,042
2008/09 * 28,702
2009/10 * 32,492
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE Greater Manchester
History
Original company Manchester, Bolton and Bury Railway
Pre-grouping Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
29 May 1838 (1838-05-29) Station opened as Ringley
1838 Renamed Stoneclough
7 February 1894 Renamed Kearsley and Stoneclough
February 1903 Renamed Kearsley
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Kearsley from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Kearsley railway station serves the Greater Manchester town of Kearsley and the villages of Stoneclough, Prestolee and Ringley, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, in North West England. It was originally named Stoneclough Station.[1][2]

It lies on the Manchester-Preston Line, though only local services run by Northern Rail stop here.

The station was staffed until the early 1990s, before the station building was arson attacked.

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Services

From Kearsley, there is an hourly service northbound to Wigan Wallgate and southbound to Rochdale via Manchester Victoria until early evening (the last departures are just after 18.45 each way). The only service which runs after this time is the 23:11 to Bolton and Wigan Wallgate.

There is no Sunday service.

References

  1. ^ Love 1839, p. 234
  2. ^ Bradshaw's Railway Monthly

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External links

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Clifton   Northern Rail
Manchester-Preston Line
Mondays-Saturdays only
  Farnworth
Historical railways
Dixon Fold
Line open, station closed
  Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Manchester and Bolton Railway
  Farnworth
Line and station open