Kearsley railway station
Kearsley  | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Kearsley |
| Local authority | Bolton |
| Grid reference | SD752054 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | KSL |
| Managed by | Northern Rail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections 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 |
| 2010/11 |
 31,736 |
| 2011/12 |
35,164 |
| 2012/13 |
37,778 |
| 2013/14 |
43,724 |
| 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 | Station opened as Ringley |
| 1838 | Renamed Stoneclough |
| 7 February 1894 | Renamed Kearsley and Stoneclough |
| February 1903 | Renamed Kearsley |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * 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. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
| UK Railways portal | |
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.[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, however the arson attacking of the station building just below platform level saw an end to this arrangement.
Services
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
- ↑ Love 1839, p. 234
- ↑ Bradshaw's Railway Monthly
Bibliography
- Love, Benjamin (1839), Manchester as it is, N/A
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kearsley railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Kearsley railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Farnworth | Northern Rail Manchester-Southport Line |
Clifton or Salford Crescent | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Farnworth Line and station open |
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Manchester and Bolton Railway |
Dixon Fold Line open, station closed | ||
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Coordinates: 53°32′41″N 2°22′32″W / 53.5446°N 2.3755°W