Leyland railway station

Leyland railway station serves the town of Leyland in Lancashire, England. It was formerly "Golden Hill", the name of the street and area in which the station is based, but was renamed Leyland soon after opening. The original station was built in 1838, with two platforms.

Leyland
National Rail
Leyland railway station platforms 1 and 2 in 2007
General information
LocationLeyland, South Ribble
England
Coordinates53.699°N 2.687°W / 53.699; -2.687
Grid referenceSD547227
Managed byNorthern Trains
Platforms4
Other information
Station codeLEY
ClassificationDfT category D
History
Original companyNorth Union Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
31 October 1838Opened as Golden Hill[1]
1838Renamed Leyland[1]
Passengers
2017/18Decrease 0.396 million
2018/19Decrease 0.308 million
2019/20Increase 0.401 million
2020/21Decrease 95,220
2021/22Increase 0.312 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Station

The station is located on the West Coast Main Line just south of Preston, and is the approximate halfway point between Glasgow and London, some 198 miles in either direction, with a placard on Leyland Trucks' Spurrier works stating this fact.

The station is currently a four-platform hub, with a part-time ticket office (staffed 06:45-17:45 Mondays to Saturdays and 08:15-15:45 Sundays).[2] In 2011 new digital display screens were installed as well as an automated ticket machine and a new ticket office was built in 2014; A new pedestrian footbridge with lifts was built in 2016 bringing step-free access to all four platforms[3] and an automated PA system was installed in 2018.

Former franchise holder First North Western ran Euston services from Blackpool which called at Leyland in the late 1990s but these were soon discontinued. Leyland station is now very much a commuter station from and to Preston, with links to Chorley, Wigan, Liverpool (after years of no "Southbound" services towards Wigan a 'local' service was resumed in 1988) and Manchester, with no long distance main line services calling at the station.

The station at Farington, Farington railway station was closed before the Beeching Plan of the 1960s and no direct trains run to Lostock Hall.

Services

The station is served exclusively by Northern Trains trains from Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Airport to Blackpool North.[4]

As of December 2022, there are 2 express trains per hour southbound to Manchester Airport via Chorley and Manchester Piccadilly, and 1 train per hour semi-fast to Liverpool Lime Street. All trains northbound terminate at Blackpool North. On Sundays, 1 train per hour runs on both routes. The Sunday service to Liverpool Lime Street becomes a stopping service and calls at most intermediate stations between Blackpool North and Liverpool Lime Street.[5]

  • The station in 1963
    The station in 1963

References
  1. Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. 106. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  2. Leyland station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 10 January 2017
  3. Leyland station in 2016 Dixon, David Geograph.org; retrieved 10 January 2017
  4. Table 84 & 102 National Rail timetable, December 2022
  5. "Northern Trains – Timetables Blackpool to Liverpool" (PDF). Northern. Archived from the original on 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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