Adlington  |
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| Adlington railway station in 2009 | |
| Location | |
| Place | Adlington |
| Local authority | Chorley |
| Operations | |
| Station code | ADL |
| Managed by | Northern Rail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries |
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| 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 |
| History | |
| Opened 4 February 1841 | |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Adlington from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. | |
Adlington railway station serves the village 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).
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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 Bolton and Preston railway 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.
Service
There is a basic hourly service in each direction from the station (including evenings & Sundays) to Manchester Victoria southbound and to Preston & Blackpool northbound. Additional trains call during weekday peak periods. Transpennine express also use the station weekly on a Sunday evening, 1 train each direction.
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Chorley | Northern Rail Manchester-Preston Line |
Blackrod | ||
| Chorley | TransPennine Express TransPennine North West Limited Service |
Blackrod | ||
References
- 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. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
- Station on navigable O.S. map
External links
- Train times and station information for Adlington (Lancashire) railway station from National Rail
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