Parbold railway station

Parbold
Parbold railway station in 2015, the L&YR-era station building on the eastbound platform, with the level crossing and signal box, beyond
Location
Place	Parbold
Local authority	West Lancashire
Grid reference	SD490107
Operations
Station code	PBL
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	87,215
2005/06	103,742
2006/07	107,497
2007/08	110,714
2008/09	111,164
2009/10	113,926
2010/11	114,554
2011/12	115,622
2012/13	111,864
2013/14	109,790
2014/15	117,130
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Parbold from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Parbold railway station, on the Manchester to Southport Line, serves the village of Parbold and the nearby village of Newburgh in West Lancashire, England. It is currently operated by Northern.

History

The station was built by the Manchester and Southport Railway as a branch of the East Lancashire Railway on 9 April 1855. It radically altered the village, allowing workers to live in Parbold and commute to urban areas throughout the North West. The railway station also provided a natural centre for the village which it still is today. It was absorbed by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) in 1885. The main stone-built station building (still in use) was built during this time, in the standard L&YR style. Parbold railway station then became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways until the privatisation of British Rail.

In 2005 the railway station underwent a £250,000 restoration project which saw the ticket office restored to its former glory and new fences and CCTV installed.

Name

The station was originally named Newburgh after the nearest large village (Newburgh) but this became Newburgh for Parbold and then Parbold for Newburgh. At this point Dalton wanted to also to be mentioned in the official name so the railway company decided to just call the station Parbold (this happened before 1910 as the station was called Parbold in the Bradshaw of that date). At one point however the station was again renamed as Parbold for Newburgh (see 1960s and 1980s British Railway timetables.) Finally in 1973 the station became once again plain Parbold.

Services

Monday to Saturday daytimes there are two trains per hour in each direction westbound towards Southport and eastbound towards Manchester; one of these goes to Piccadilly and Manchester Airport via Bolton and the other to Victoria via Atherton (with certain trains continuing to Stalybridge, Huddersfield & Leeds).^[1]

There is an hourly service in each direction on Sundays, with trains running eastbound to Stockport (via Manchester Piccadilly) and through to either Chester via Altrincham or to Hazel Grove (alternate hours).

References

1. Great Britain eNRT December 2015 Edition, Table 82

External links

• Train times and station information for Parbold railway station from National Rail

Coordinates: 53°35′28″N 2°46′16″W / 53.591°N 2.771°W