Lostock Hall railway station

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Lostock Hall

Location

Place

Lostock Hall

Local authority

South Ribble

Operations

Station code

LOH

Managed by

Northern Rail

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

38,731

2005/06 *

32,848

History

Key dates

Opened May 1984

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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Lostock Hall from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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Lostock Hall railway station is 4 kilometres (2¾ mi) south of Preston.

[edit] Description

It is sited close to what was once a large rail junction linking Lancashire services from Preston and Blackburn with destinations across the county and beyond. Following severe cut-backs in the 1960s, lines from Preston through Walton-Le-Dale and Farington/Leyland were closed and the rails lifted. The original Lostock Hall station was at this time demolished.

After a considerable interval of time local pressure led to the building of a new but modest two-platform stop. This was situated on the other side of a road bridge away from the original station. There is no ticket office or clock.

[edit] Services

Monday to Saturdays, there is an hourly service from Lostock Hall towards Preston and Blackpool South, westbound and Blackburn, Burnley and Colne, eastbound. There is a two-hourly service in each direction on Sundays.

Direct bus services between Chorley, Leyland and Preston and beyond run through Lostock Hall on a much more frequent service

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