Ince (Wigan) railway station

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Ince
Location
Place	Ince-in-Makerfield
Local authority	Wigan
Operations
Station code	INC
Managed by	Northern Rail
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	9,320
2005/06 *	9,978
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.
UK Railways Portal

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 1960's and 1970's from much house clearance and landscaping. This has resulted in low passenger usage for the station which served an area which was (until the 1960's) 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).

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Ince (Wigan) railway station from National Rail
• Disused-stations.org (see Lower Ince)

Coordinates: 53°32′21″N 2°36′45″W / 53.5391, -2.6126

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