Leyland railway station

Leyland railway station serves the town of Leyland in Lancashire, England. It was formerly "Golden Hill", the name of the street and area in which the station is based, but was re-named Leyland soon after opening. The original station was built in 1838, with two platforms.

The station is located on the West Coast Main Line just south of Preston, and is the approximate halfway point between Glasgow and London, some 198 miles in either direction, with a placard on Leyland Trucks' Spurrier works stating this fact.

The station is currently a four-platform hub, with a part-time ticket office. In 2011 new display screens were installed as well as an automated ticket machine, but the station still suffers from limited access for disabled people and prams. Former franchise holder First North Western ran Euston services from Blackpool which called at Leyland but these were soon discontinued. Leyland station is now very much a commuter station from and to Preston, with links to Chorley, Wigan and Liverpool (after years of no "Southbound" services towards Wigan a 'local' service was resumed in 1988) and Manchester, with no long distance main line services calling at the station.

The station at Farington, Farington railway station was closed before the Beeching Plan of the 1960s and no direct trains run to Lostock Hall.

Services

The station is served primarily by Northern Rail trains between Liverpool Lime Street and Blackpool North (hourly each way) and between Manchester Victoria and Blackpool North & Hazel Grove and Preston via Manchester Piccadilly (both hourly each way).
During the evenings and on Sundays there are hourly services to Manchester Victoria & Liverpool and two per hour to Preston and Blackpool North.

A few weekday peak hour TransPennine Express services between Manchester Airport and Blackpool North also call here.

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