Buckshaw Parkway railway station

Buckshaw Parkway is a British railway station[1] which opened on 3 October 2011[2][3] 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 close to the site of the four-platform Chorley ROF Halt, which was closed in 1964; this station remained virtually intact until the 1970s, but was finally cleared in the early 2000s.

Buckshaw Parkway
Buckshaw Parkway railway station in October 2011, prior to completion of electrification works
LocationBuckshaw Village, Euxton, Chorley
England
Coordinates53.674°N 2.663°W / 53.674; -2.663
Grid referenceSD562198
Managed byNorthern Trains
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBSV
History
Original companyNetwork Rail
Key dates
3 October 2011Station opened
Passengers
2015/16 0.304 million
2016/17 0.354 million
2017/18 0.350 million
2018/19 0.366 million
2019/20 0.455 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The station gained planning permission in 1999.[3] It was put on hold due to a funding shortfall,[4] but it was announced in 2009 that £3.3 million had been allocated by Lancashire County Council from the Community Investment Fund.[5] Construction was expected to begin in early 2010 and be completed in the same year,[2] but a further funding shortfall resulted in the designs for the ticket office being scaled down.[6] Contractors started work in October 2010 and the station was completed by autumn 2011.[7] The cost of the station now stands at £6.8 million.[7] The station opened on 3 October 2011.[8]

The first train arrived on time with journalists from a local paper, the Chorley Guardian, seeking interviews with waiting passengers.[9] 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.[10]

Facilities

The station has a staffed ticket office,[11] Monday-Saturday 06:20-00:20 Sunday 08:15-23:50 .[12] There is a free car park for around 200 cars.[7] Both platforms are fully accessible (via lifts), with train running information offered via digital CIS displays, automated announcements and timetable posters.

Services

The station has a regular service to both main Manchester stations, with that to Victoria calling at all stations to Bolton and the Hazel Grove and Manchester Airport via Manchester Piccadilly trains running semi-fast. The stopping service to Manchester Victoria ceases after 19:30, with passengers having to change at Bolton or Salford Crescent. Northbound there are three trains per hour to Preston, two of which continue to Blackpool North.[13] On Sundays, there are hourly services to both Manchester stations and two per hour 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 called at Buckshaw when they were 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.

Between May 2018 - May 2019, the current local stopping service from Manchester Victoria to Blackpool was temporarily curtailed here on weekdays (through running still applied during the evening) due to ongoing delays with the electrification work on the Manchester to Preston route (which was running two years behind schedule because of problems erecting electrification masts at several locations along the line). Saturday and Sunday services were replaced by buses most weekends from May 2015 until November 2018 due to the late-running electrification work on the route.[14] Weekend services resumed on Sunday 11 November 2018 after the completion of the electrification engineering work. Travellers from certain local stations needed to change trains here for Preston and Blackpool during this period.

Electric service commenced on 11 February 2019 utilising Class 319 electric multiple units.[15]

References
  1. Buckshaw Parkway Train Station Archived 7 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Buckshaw Village Community Association.
  2. "Buckshaw railway station to be built next year". The Citizen. Chorley. 7 October 2009. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
  3. Greaves, Andrew (17 August 2008). "Buckshaw Village station set to get green light". Lancashire Telegraph. Blackburn. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  4. "Buckshaw Station Back On Track". Chorley Council. November 2008. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  5. Gee, Chris (4 August 2009). "Buckshaw set for railway station after funding boost". Lancashire Telegraph. Blackburn. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
  6. Banks, Natalie (19 July 2010). "Buckshaw Village railway station delayed AGAIN". Chorley Guardian. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  7. "Work set to start on Buckshaw station". Chorley Citizen. 9 October 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
  8. "Buckshaw Village railway station due to open on October 3rd 2011". BBC News. 7 September 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
  9. "Buckshaw Village railway stations opens October 3rd 2011". BBC News. 3 October 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
  10. Kelly, Robert (5 October 2011). "Hottest Ticket in Town". Chorley Guardian, p. 13.
  11. "Chorley Buckshaw Village Station architectural plans" (PDF). Network Rail. 3 December 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  12. "Buckshaw Village Station". Buckshaw Village Community Association. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  13. Table 82 National Rail timetable, May 2019
  14. Manchester - Bolton - Preston route improvement works Archived 30 July 2018 at the Wayback MachineNorthern website news article; Retrieved 2 August 2018
  15. McDonnell, Seamus (14 February 2019). "First electric trains are a 'new dawn' for Bolton commuters | The Bolton News". The Bolton News. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Leyland   Northern Trains
Manchester-Preston Line		   Chorley
Preston   Northern Connect
Blackpool North - Manchester Airport
   Chorley
Leyland    
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