Rufford railway station
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| Rufford | |||
| Location | |||
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| Place | Rufford | ||
| Local authority | West Lancashire | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | RUF | ||
| Managed by | Northern Rail | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2005/06 * | 16,644 | ||
| History | |||
| Key dates | Opened 1849 | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Rufford from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Rufford railway station, opened on 2 April 1849, serves the town of Rufford in Lancashire, England. The station is (9½ miles) south west of Preston on the Preston-Ormskirk branch service. The line was formerly the Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway, which was quickly merged into the East Lancashire Railway on 3 August 1846 into the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.
The level crossing brings Rufford to a halt as the line runs across the B5246, the aptly named "Station Road".
[edit] Service
On Mondays to Saturdays there is practically an hourly service westbound to Ormskirk to connect with the Merseyrail service to Liverpool Central and eastbound to Preston.
There is no Sunday service.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Rufford railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Croston | Northern Rail Ormskirk Branch Mondays-Saturdays only |
Burscough Junction | ||
| Disused Railways | ||||
| terminus | Burscough Curves North |
Burscough Bridge | ||
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