Hapton railway station

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Hapton

Location
Place	Hapton
Local authority	Burnley
Grid reference	SD791317
Operations
Station code	HPN
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	12,765
2005/06	10,078
2006/07	13,286
2007/08	16,179
2008/09	17,130
2009/10	19,448
2010/11	20,874
2011/12	20,066
History
Original company	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
c. 1860	Opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hapton from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Hapton railway station serves the village of Hapton 3 miles (5 km) west of Burnley Central railway station on the East Lancashire Line operated by Northern Rail. It is unmanned. Between 2004–5 and 2005–6, passenger usage fell by 21% but in the years since then has risen again by more than 60%.

1948 Ordnance Survey map showing location of Padiham station (closed) on the Great Harwood loop; Hapton station is close to lower edge

Services

On weekdays, there is an hourly service from Hapton to Burnley Central and Colne (eastbound) and Blackpool South via Blackburn and Preston (westbound). On Sundays, there is a two-hourly service in each direction.

From 14 May 2012 Hapton became a request only stop, in addition to Huncoat, Burnley Barracks and Pleasington.^[1]

References

↑ East Lancs stations to become 'request only' from today Lancashire Evening Telegraph

External links

Train times and station information for Hapton railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Huncoat		Northern Rail (East Lancashire Line)		Rose Grove

v t e Railway stations in Lancashire

West Coast Main Line	Euxton Balshaw Lane Leyland Preston Lancaster

Kirkby Branch Line	Upholland

Manchester to Southport Line	Appley Bridge Parbold Hoscar Burscough Bridge New Lane Bescar Lane

Merseyrail Northern Line	Town Green Aughton Park Ormskirk

Ormskirk Branch Line	Ormskirk Burscough Junction Rufford Croston Preston

Blackpool Branch Lines	Preston Salwick Kirkham and Wesham Poulton-le-Fylde Layton Blackpool North Moss Side Lytham Ansdell and Fairhaven St Annes-on-the-Sea Squires Gate Blackpool Pleasure Beach Blackpool South

Manchester to Preston Line	Adlington Chorley Buckshaw Parkway Leyland Preston

Ribble Valley Line	Entwistle Darwen Blackburn Ramsgreave and Wilpshire Langho Whalley Clitheroe

East Lancashire Line	Preston Lostock Hall Bamber Bridge Pleasington Cherry Tree Mill Hill Blackburn Rishton Church and Oswaldtwistle Accrington Huncoat Hapton Rose Grove Burnley Barracks Burnley Central Brierfield Nelson Colne

Caldervale Line	Burnley Manchester Road Accrington Blackburn Preston Poulton-le-Fylde Blackpool North

Leeds to Morecambe Line	Wennington Carnforth Lancaster Bare Lane Morecambe Heysham Port

Furness Line	Lancaster Carnforth Silverdale

Heritage Railways	Irwell Vale Rawtenstall Riversway Strand Road Crossing

Disused stations

Coordinates: 53°46′55″N 2°19′01″W / 53.782°N 2.317°W / 53.782; -2.317

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