| Ince | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Ince-in-Makerfield |
| Local authority | Wigan |
| Operations | |
| Station code | INC |
| Managed by | Northern Rail |
| Platforms in use | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail |
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| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2004/05 * | 9,320 |
| 2005/06 * | 9,978 |
| 2006/07 * | 10,743 |
| 2007/08 * | 12,493 |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Greater Manchester |
| 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 passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ince from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |
Ince railway station serves the Ince area of Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester. The station is on the Manchester-Southport Line 28 km (17¼ miles) north west of Manchester Victoria.
Until November 1964 Ince was also served by a station at Lower Ince on the line from Wigan Central to Glazebrook (to the now closed Manchester Central).
Ince "suffered" in the 1960s and 1970s from much house clearance and landscaping. This has resulted in low passenger usage for the station which served an area which was (until the 1960s) a bustling independent town. Ince (unlike Daisy Hill and Hindley, and other stations on the line) is not a commuter dormitory suburb and now the station is sadly deserted even at peak times (see usage figures right). There has recently, however, been a "slight rally" with usage figures increasing by around 10% in 2006/7 and by a greater amount (around 25%)in 2007/8. What does not help matters is that only certain services to Manchester via the Atherton line generally stop at Ince, and not (outside the peak) services to Bolton, a popular shopping centre.
Services
As mentioned above, the station is served only by certain trains on the Wigan to Manchester routes - currently there is an hourly service in each direction to Manchester Victoria and to Kirkby (Wigan during the evenings) respectively . A small number of morning & evening weekday peak services to and from Bolton also call.
There is no Sunday service.
External links
- Train times and station information for Ince (Wigan) railway station from National Rail
- Disused-stations.org (see Lower Ince)
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Wigan Wallgate | Northern Rail Manchester-Southport Line Mondays-Saturdays only |
Hindley | ||
| Wigan Wallgate | Northern Rail Manchester-Kirkby Mondays-Saturdays only |
Hindley | ||
Coordinates: 53°32′21″N 2°36′45″W / 53.5391°N 2.6126°W
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