Aughton Park railway station

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Aughton Park
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The station in 2013
General information
Location Aughton, West Lancashire
England
Coordinates 53°33′15″N2°53′43″W / 53.5542°N 2.8953°W / 53.5542; -2.8953
Grid reference SD408067
Managed by Merseyrail
Transit authority Merseytravel
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeAUG
Fare zoneF
Classification DfT category E
Key dates
1907Opened
Passengers
2019/20Increase2.svg 0.218 million

Aughton Park railway station is a railway station that serves the village of Aughton, Lancashire, England, on the Ormskirk branch of the Northern Line of the Merseyrail network 11½ miles (19 km) north east of Liverpool Central. During the 2020/21 and 2021/22 periods, Aughton Park was the least used station on the Merseyrail Network. [1]

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History

The station is below ground level built into a cutting. Opened by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, Aughton Park Station was originally coupled with a freight siding, Crook's Sand Siding, which serviced two nearby quarries. The station became part of the 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 on behalf of the Merseyside PTE until the privatisation of British Railways.

Facilities

The station is staffed throughout the day (like all Merseytravel stations), with the ticket office open from start of service until the last train has called throughout the week. There are shelters on both platforms and a pay phone on platform 1. Train running information is provided by automated announcements and digital display screens. No step-free access to either platform is available. [2]

Services

Trains operate every 15 minutes on Monday to Saturday daytimes between Ormskirk and Liverpool Central, and every 30 minutes at other times (evenings and Sundays). [3]

Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
Ormskirk
Terminus
  Merseyrail
Northern Line
  Town Green
towards Liverpool Central

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References

  1. "Estimates of station usage". Office of Rail and Road. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  2. Aughton Park Station Facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 13 December 2016
  3. Table 183 National Rail timetable, May 2023

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