Grid reference SD562198 Managed by Northern 2012/13 0.225 million | Station code BSV 2011/12 91,632 Number of platforms 2 | |
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Address Chorley PR7 7EL, United Kingdom Similar Euxton Balshaw Lane rail, Horwich Parkway railway st, Blackrod railway station, Kirkham and Wesham, Lostock railway station | ||
Buckshaw Parkway is a British railway station which opened on 3 October 2011 on the Manchester to Preston Line, near Euxton Junction with the West Coast Main Line. It is one of Euxton's two railway stations being in Buckshaw Village, formerly the Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF Chorley) between Chorley and Leyland. It is on the site of the four-platform Chorley ROF Halt, which was closed around 1942; this prior station remained virtually intact until the 1970s, but was finally cleared in the early 2000s.
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History
The station gained planning permission in 1999. It was put on hold due to a funding shortfall, but it was announced in 2009 that £3.3 million had been allocated by Lancashire County Council from the Community Investment Fund. Construction was expected to begin in early 2010 and be completed in the same year, but a further funding shortfall resulted in the designs for the ticket office being scaled down. Contractors started work in October 2010 and the station was completed by autumn 2011. The cost of the station now stands at £6.8 million. The station opened on 3 October 2011.
The first train arrived on time with journalists from a local paper, The Chorley Guardian, seeking interviews with waiting passengers. IT Worker Alex Howarth was the first passenger from the station, whilst a Mr Brown was the first person to buy a ticket from the station.
Facilities
The station has a staffed ticket office, Monday-Saturday 06:20-00:20 Sunday 08:15-23:50 . There is a free car park for around 200 cars.
Services
The station is served by an hourly service on the Blackpool North to Manchester Victoria service route and also one train hourly from Preston to Hazel Grove (via Manchester Piccadilly) from 3 October 2011. From 5 October 2015, the latter service was extended to Blackpool North.
On 17 October 2011, First TransPennine Express services from Manchester Airport to Blackpool North started calling at the station. From the December 2013 timetable change, Windermere and Barrow-in-Furness services now call at Buckshaw when they are attached to the rear of Blackpool North services. First TransPennine Express used to run the service from Manchester Airport to Blackpool North but this was passed on to the new Northern franchise on 1 April 2016.