Hoscar railway station

Hoscar

Location
Place	Lathom
Local authority	West Lancashire
Coordinates	53°35′49″N 2°48′14″W / 53.597°N 2.804°W / 53.597; -2.804Coordinates: 53°35′49″N 2°48′14″W / 53.597°N 2.804°W / 53.597; -2.804
Grid reference	SD469115
Operations
Station code	HSC
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	2,070
2005/06	1,512
2006/07	1,788
2007/08	1,496
2008/09	1,530
2009/10	1,268
2010/11	1,552
2011/12	1,254
2012/13	1,600
2013/14	1,436
2014/15	1,060
History
Original company	Manchester and Southport Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
c. 1871	Opened as Hoscar Moss^[1]
1 January 1900	Renamed Hoscar^[1]
National Rail – UK railway stations

* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hoscar from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Hoscar railway station serves the rural village of Lathom, near the town of Burscough, Lancashire, England. The station stands split across Hoscar moss road. Only 1,060 passenger journeys started or ended at Hoscar in 2014/15. 8 trains a day call on weekdays in each direction.

History

The 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 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. When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways until the privatisation of British Rail.

Services

Trains at the following times:

Trains run to Southport, Wigan Wallgate, Manchester Victoria, Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport.

The basic frequency of trains calling at Hoscar is every 2 hours. The last train to Southport is at 21:15 hours and the last service to Wigan Wallgate and Manchester Stations is at 22:35 hours. There are no trains on Sundays.

References

1 2 Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 124. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.

External links

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Burscough Bridge		Northern Rail Manchester-Southport Line		Parbold

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 Preston Riverside

Disused stations

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