Huncoat railway station

Huncoat

Location
Place	Huncoat
Local authority	Hyndburn
Coordinates	53°46′19″N 2°20′46″W / 53.772°N 2.346°W / 53.772; -2.346Coordinates: 53°46′19″N 2°20′46″W / 53.772°N 2.346°W / 53.772; -2.346
Grid reference	SD772307
Operations
Station code	HCT
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	10,914
2005/06	11,071
2006/07	10,889
2007/08	10,617
2008/09	11,354
2009/10	13,274
2010/11	16,006
2011/12	18,974
2012/13	17,886
2013/14	20,838
2014/15	23,058
History
Original company	East Lancashire Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
18 September 1848	Opened ^[1]
Unknown	Relocated 745 m south^[1]
National Rail – UK railway stations

* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Huncoat from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Huncoat railway station is a railway station which serves the village of Huncoat, between Accrington and Burnley in Lancashire, England. The station is 8 miles (13 km) east of Blackburn railway station on the East Lancashire Line operated by Northern.

Services

Monday to Saturday, there is an hourly service from Huncoat to Burnley and Colne (eastbound) and Blackpool South via Accrington, Blackburn and Preston (westbound). On Sundays, there is a two-hourly service in each direction.

Between 14 May 2012 and June 2014, Huncoat was a request-only stop.^[2]^[3]

References

1 2 Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 125. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
↑ East Lancs stations to become 'request only' from today Lancashire Evening Telegraph
↑ "Changes at Huncoat". Community Rail Lancashire. Retrieved 2 June 2014.

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Accrington		Northern East Lancashire Line		Hapton

Railway stations in Lancashire

West Coast Main Line	Euxton Balshaw Lane Leyland Preston Lancaster

Kirkby Branch Line	Upholland

Manchester to Southport Line	Appley Bridge Parbold Hoscar Burscough Bridge New Lane Bescar Lane

Merseyrail Northern Line	Town Green Aughton Park Ormskirk

Ormskirk Branch Line	Ormskirk Burscough Junction Rufford Croston Preston

Blackpool Branch Lines	Preston Salwick Kirkham and Wesham Poulton-le-Fylde Layton Blackpool North Moss Side Lytham Ansdell and Fairhaven St Annes-on-the-Sea Squires Gate Blackpool Pleasure Beach Blackpool South

Manchester to Preston Line	Adlington Chorley Buckshaw Parkway Leyland Preston

Ribble Valley Line	Entwistle Darwen Blackburn Ramsgreave and Wilpshire Langho Whalley Clitheroe

East Lancashire Line	Preston Lostock Hall Bamber Bridge Pleasington Cherry Tree Mill Hill Blackburn Rishton Church and Oswaldtwistle Accrington Huncoat Hapton Rose Grove Burnley Barracks Burnley Central Brierfield Nelson Colne

Caldervale Line	Burnley Manchester Road Accrington Blackburn Preston Poulton-le-Fylde Blackpool North

Leeds to Morecambe Line	Wennington Carnforth Lancaster Bare Lane Morecambe Heysham Port

Furness Line	Lancaster Carnforth Silverdale

Heritage Railways	Irwell Vale Rawtenstall Preston Riverside

Disused stations

Culture and infrastructure of the Borough of Hyndburn

Transport

Accrington Corporation Steam Tramways Company Accrington Corporation Tramways Pilkingtons Buses

Railway stations	Accrington Church and Oswaldtwistle Huncoat Rishton

Disused stations	Baxenden Great Harwood

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