Adlington railway station serves the village of Adlington, near Chorley in Lancashire, UK. It is a two-platform station on the Chorley-Bolton line. This is part of the Northern Rail service link between Preston and Manchester.

Until 1960 Adlington was also served by a station named White Bear (on the Lancashire Union Railway).

History

On the 15th June 1837 by act of Parliament, the Bolton and Preston Railway Company constructed a link with the Manchester line comprising nine and a half miles of railway to a temporary terminus at Rawlinson Lane. By December 1841 the line had reached Chorley and Adlington station opened to take over from Rawlinson bridge.

The Bolton and Preston railway would pass into the hands London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Regional Railways until the Privatisation of British Rail.

Service

There is a basic hourly service in each direction from the station (including evenings & Sundays) to Manchester Victoria southbound and to Preston & Blackpool northbound. Additional trains call during weekday peak periods. Transpennine express also use the station weekly on a Sunday evening, 1 train each direction.

References

• Station on navigable O.S. map

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