Buckshaw Parkway railway station

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Buckshaw Parkway National Rail
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Buckshaw Parkway railway station in October 2011
Location
Place Buckshaw Village
Local authority Chorley
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Grid reference SD562198
Operations
Station code BSV
Managed by Northern Rail
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2011/12  91,632
2012/13 Increase 225,250
2013/14 Increase 273,856
2014/15 Increase 0.290 million
History
Original company Network Rail
3 October 2011 Station opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Buckshaw Parkway from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Buckshaw Parkway is a British railway station[1] which opened on 3 October 2011[2][3] on the Manchester to Preston Line, near Euxton Junction with the West Coast Main Line. It is in Buckshaw Village, formerly the Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF Chorley) in the village of Euxton, on the site of the four-platform ROF station "halt" that was finally cleared in the early 2000s, having remained virtually intact until the 1970s.

History

The station gained planning permission in 1999.[3] It was put on hold due to a funding shortfall,[4] but it was announced in 2009 that £3.3 million had been allocated by Lancashire County Council from the Community Investment Fund.[5] Construction was expected to begin in early 2010 and be completed in the same year,[2] but a further funding shortfall resulted in the designs for the ticket office being scaled down.[6] Contractors started work in October 2010 and the station was completed by autumn 2011.[7] The cost of the station now stands at £6.8 million.[7] The station opened on 3 October 2011.[8]

The first train arrived on time with journalists from a local paper, The Chorley Guardian, seeking interviews with waiting passengers.[9] IT Worker Alex Howarth was the first passenger from the station, whilst a Mr Brown was the first person to buy a ticket from the station.[10]

Facilities

The station has a staffed ticket office,[11] Monday-Saturday 06:20-00:20 Sunday 08:15-23:50 .[12] There is a free car park for around 200 cars.[7]

Services

The station is served by an hourly service on the Blackpool North to Manchester Victoria service route and also one train hourly from Preston to Hazel Grove (via Manchester Piccadilly) from 3 October 2011. From 5 October 2015, the latter service was extended to Blackpool North.[13][14]

On 17 October 2011, First TransPennine Express services from Manchester Airport to Blackpool North started calling at the station. From the December 2013 timetable change, Windermere and Barrow-in-Furness services now call at Buckshaw when they are attached to the rear of Blackpool North services.

References

  1. ↑ Buckshaw Parkway Train Station, Buckshaw Village Community Association.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[dead link]
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ Kelly, Robert (5 October 2011). "Hottest Ticket in Town". Chorley Guardian, p. 13.
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Noterh Rail Timetable 27 - Blackpool North, Lancaster and Preston to Manchester and Manchester Airport from 5 October 2015 Northern Rail; Retrieved 7 January 2016
  14. ↑ GB eNRT, December 2015 Edition, Table 82

External links

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Leyland   Northern Rail
Manchester-Preston Line		   Chorley
Preston   TransPennine Express
TransPennine North West		   Chorley
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