Bryn railway station

This article is about the railway station in Wigan, England. For the railway station in Oslo, Norway, see Bryn railway station (Oslo).

Bryn
Bryn railway station in 1989
Location
Place	Bryn
Local authority	Wigan
Coordinates	53°29′59″N 2°38′52″W / 53.4996°N 2.6477°W / 53.4996; -2.6477Coordinates: 53°29′59″N 2°38′52″W / 53.4996°N 2.6477°W / 53.4996; -2.6477
Grid reference	SD571005
Operations
Station code	BYN
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	79,638
2005/06	84,850
2006/07	92,213
2007/08	90,250
2008/09	112,896
2009/10	128,994
2010/11	150,960
2011/12	176,950
2012/13	172,428
2013/14	165,120
2014/15	147,932
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Greater Manchester
History
Key dates	Opened 1 December 1869 (1 December 1869)
Original company	Lancashire Union Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
National Rail – UK railway stations

* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bryn from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Bryn railway station is in Bryn, in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is the nearest station to Ashton-In-Makerfield. The station is situated on Liverpool to Wigan Line. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern.

Services

Monday to Saturday daytimes, there is a half-hourly service to Wigan North Western northbound and Liverpool Lime Street southbound. Evenings there is an hourly service in each direction.

There is no Sunday service.

History

The station in 1962

The station was opened on 1 December 1869 by the Lancashire Union Railway on their route between St Helens and Blackburn.

Electrification

The Liverpool to Manchester line electrification also encompasses the entire Liverpool to Wigan route.^[1] This allows electric trains to operate from Bryn to Liverpool, St Helens and Wigan. Electrification was completed in May 2015.^[2]

References

↑ "Railway lines being electrified in £200m scheme". BBC News. BBC. 2009-12-14. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
↑ Network Rail

External links

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Train times and station information for Bryn railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail		Following station
Garswood		Northern Electrics Liverpool to Wigan Line Mondays-Saturdays only	Wigan North Western
	Historical railways
Garswood		London and North Western Railway Lancashire Union Railway	Wigan
Garswood		London and North Western Railway Lancashire Union Railway	Amberswood (Hindley)

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Bury	Bury Bolton Street ^†( Bury) Ramsbottom ^† Summerseat ^†

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Oldham	Greenfield

Rochdale	Castleton Heywood ^† Littleborough Mills Hill Rochdale Smithy Bridge

Salford	Clifton Eccles ( Eccles) Irlam Moorside Patricroft Salford Central Salford Crescent Swinton Walkden

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Tameside	Ashton-under-Lyne ( Ashton) Broadbottom Denton Fairfield Flowery Field Godley Guide Bridge Hattersley Hyde Central Hyde North Mossley Newton for Hyde Stalybridge

Trafford	Altrincham Chassen Road Flixton Hale Humphrey Park Manchester United Navigation Road Trafford Park Urmston

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^† stations on the East Lancashire Railway (heritage) List of open stations List of closed stations TfGM Transport

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