Adlington (Lancashire) railway station

See also: Adlington (Cheshire) railway station

Adlington (Lancashire)
Adlington railway station in 2009
Location
Place	Adlington
Local authority	Chorley
Grid reference	SD602131
Operations
Station code	ADL
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	79,777
2005/06	82,138
2006/07	83,270
2007/08	94,043
2008/09	91,126
2009/10	94,610
2010/11	0.105 million
2011/12	0.110 million
2012/13	0.109 million
2013/14	0.110 million
History
Key dates	Opened 4 February 1841 (4 February 1841)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Adlington (Lancashire) from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Adlington railway station serves the town of Adlington, near Chorley in Lancashire, England. It is a two-platform station on the Chorley-Bolton line. This is part of the Northern Rail service link between Preston and Manchester.

Until 1960 Adlington was also served by a station named White Bear (on the Lancashire Union Railway).

History

On 15 June 1837 by act of Parliament, the Bolton and Preston Railway Company constructed a link with the Manchester line comprising nine and a half miles of railway to a temporary terminus at Rawlinson Lane. By December 1841 the line had reached Chorley and Adlington station opened to take over from Rawlinson Bridge.

The line would pass into the hands London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Regional Railways until the Privatisation of British Rail.

Services

There is a basic hourly service in each direction (including evenings & Sundays) to Manchester Victoria southbound and to Preston & Blackpool northbound. Additional trains call during weekday peak periods. Limited First TransPennine Express services between Manchester Airport and Preston used to stop here at peak times but these no longer call here as of May 2012.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Chorley		Northern Rail Manchester-Preston Line		Blackrod

References

• Station on navigable O.S. map

External links

• Train times and station information for Adlington (Lancashire) railway station from National Rail