Bescar Lane railway station

Bescar Lane

Location
Place	Scarisbrick
Local authority	West Lancashire
Grid reference	SD396145
Operations
Station code	BES
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	2,802
2005/06	3,253
2006/07	3,154
2007/08	3,485
2008/09	3,946
2009/10	3,954
2010/11	3,684
2011/12	3,514
2012/13	3,982
2013/14	3,146
2014/15	2,934
History
Key dates	Opened 9 April 1855 (9 April 1855)
Original company	Manchester and Southport Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
National Rail – UK railway stations

* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bescar Lane from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Bescar Lane railway station is on the Manchester to Southport Line, 4.5 miles (7.2 km) east of Southport in the village of Scarisbrick. Bescar Lane is an old cottage-style station, operated by the Northern Rail franchise. Its remote location, some distance from the centre of Scarisbrick Parish, is considered "problematical".^[1]

History

Bescar Lane station was built by the Manchester and Southport Railway and opened on 9 April 1855, and from January 1885 was part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR). The station had the distinction of being the lowest station on that network, situated 12.5 feet (3.8 m) above sea-level. The L&YR amalgamated with the London and North Western Railway on 1 January 1922 and in turn was grouped into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1923. Nationalisation followed in 1948. Part of the line running from Bescar Lane en route to Southport through Blowick and St Luke's closed in 1965 (as part of The Beeching Axe), forcing trains to divert through Meols Cop on a section of the old Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway.^[2] When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways until the privatisation of British Rail.

Bescar Lane railway station in 1966.

Services

Monday to Saturdays there is generally a two-hourly service to Southport westbound and Manchester Victoria eastbound at certain times of the day with a number of morning and evening peak Southport-Manchester Airport and Manchester Piccadilly services calling also at this station. The last service to Southport is at 21:27 and the last service towards Wigan Wallgate and Manchester stations is at 22:30 hours. This station has a reduced service on Sundays. However a Normal service operates on most Bank Holidays.

References

↑ Village History, Scarisbrick.org.uk. Retrieved on 29 May 2008.
↑ Gell, Rob (1986). An Illustrated Survey of Railway Stations Between Southport & Liverpool 1848-1986. Heyday Publishing Company, ISBN 0-947562-04-4.

External links

Media related to Bescar Lane railway station at Wikimedia Commons
Bescar Lane Station Information at Northern Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Meols Cop		Northern Rail Manchester-Southport Line		New Lane

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

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Coordinates: 53°37′26″N 2°54′54″W / 53.624°N 2.915°W / 53.624; -2.915

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