Appley Bridge railway station

Not to be confused with Apperley Bridge railway station.

Appley Bridge railway station serves the villages of Appley Bridge (Lancashire) and Shevington (Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester) in England.

The station is north west of Wigan Wallgate on the Manchester-Southport Line.

The station itself is in the Lancashire side of the village, but it is supported by the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive and as such within the GMPTE ticketing zone.

The main stone-built station building survives adjacent to the Wigan-bound platform, but is now in use for non-railway purposes (as a public house), modest shelters now being provided on both platforms for rail travellers.

History

The station was built by the Manchester and Southport Railway and opened on 9 April 1855, and from January 1885 was part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR). The main stone-built station building (no longer in use) was built during this time, in the standard L&YR style. The L&YR amalgamated with the London and North Western Railway on 1 January 1922 and in turn was grouped into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1923. Nationalisation followed in 1948. When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways until the privatisation of British Rail.

A Greater Manchester Council landfill site & transfer terminal was formerly located a short distance west of the station, served by a siding connection from the up (eastbound) line. This received regular trainloads of domestic waste from terminals in and around Manchester from the early 1980s up until 1995, when the site reached capacity and was closed. The defunct siding is still intact and is visible from passing trains.

Services

Monday to Saturday daytimes, there are two trains an hour to Southport westbound and to Wigan. Beyond Wigan, services run alternately to Manchester Victoria via Atherton and to Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport via Bolton Interchange. After 19:30 the service drops to hourly each way.

On Sundays there is an hourly service to Southport and Stockport via Manchester Piccadilly. Alternate Stockport trains continue on to Hazel Grove and Chester.

See also

• Listed buildings in Wrightington

External links

• Train times and station information for Appley Bridge railway station from National Rail
• Station on navigable O.S. map.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Parbold		Northern Rail Manchester-Southport Line or Manchester Airport-Southport		Gathurst or Wigan Wallgate