Leyland railway station

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Leyland

Leyland railway station in 1983

Location

Place

Leyland

Local authority

South Ribble

Operations

Station code

LEY

Managed by

Northern Rail

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

0.281 million

2005/06 *

0.286 million

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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 Leyland from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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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 re-named Leyland soon after opening. The original station was built in 1838, with two platforms.

The station is located on the West Coast Main Line, 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. There are no clocks or display screens, and limited access for disabled people and prams. Former franchise holder First North Western ran Euston services from Blackpool which called at Leyland but these were soon discontinued. Leyland station is now very much a commuter station from and to Preston, with links to Chorley, Liverpool and Manchester, with no long distance main line services calling at the station. Transpennine express trains operate a service between Blackpool and Manchester Airport, which calls at Leyland once an hour Monday to Saturday. Most of the Manchester Airport services are stopping services although the last train of the day to Manchester calls at Manchester Piccadilly only. The Northern Rail services that serve the station mostly continue to Liverpool Lime Street, Manchester Piccadilly and Buxton southbound, and Preston, or Blackpool North northbound, although some services continue beyond Manchester to Greenbank and Hazel Grove with one other starting from St Annes-on-the-Sea.