Kearsley railway station

Kearsley railway station serves the Greater Manchester town of Kearsley and the villages of Stoneclough, Prestolee and Ringley, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, in North West England. It was originally named Stoneclough.[1][2]

"Ringley railway station" redirects here. For the closed station near Bury, Greater Manchester, see Ringley Road railway station.

Kearsley
Kearsley railway station in 2018
LocationKearsley, Bolton
England
Grid referenceSD752054
Managed byNorthern
Transit authorityGreater Manchester
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeKSL
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Original companyManchester, Bolton and Bury Railway
Pre-groupingLancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
29 May 1838 (1838-05-29)Station opened as Ringley
1838Renamed Stoneclough
7 February 1894Renamed Kearsley and Stoneclough
February 1903Renamed Kearsley
Passengers
2015/16 15,512
2016/17 34,908
2017/18 36,750
2018/19 40,152
2019/20 51,488
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

It lies on the Manchester-Preston Line 7 3⁄4 miles (12.5 km) north of Manchester Victoria, though only local services run by Northern Trains stop here.

The station was staffed until the early 1990s, however the arson attacking of the station building just below platform level saw an end to this arrangement. In the spring of 2015, the station's pedestrian rail crossing was replaced by a footbridge and the platforms rebuilt as part of modernisation work to electrify the line and raise line speeds to 100 mph.

Facilities
A Northern Class 156 at Kearsley's Manchester-bound platform, prior to completion of electrification works.

The station is unmanned, however, there is a ticket machine on the Bolton-bound platform that allows passengers to pay for a ticket by card. Passengers wishing to pay by cash can use these machines to obtain a ‘Promise to Pay’ ticket. There are simple waiting shelters on each platform, with train running information provided by telephone and timetable posters. Step free access is available to both platforms via Station Road. However, passengers coming from Stoneclough village would have to walk further to access these facilities.[3]

Services

There is an hourly service northbound to Bolton and Southport and southbound to Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge throughout the day Mondays to Saturdays.[4] Evening trains began stopping here at the May 2018 timetable change, but ongoing electrification work on the Manchester to Preston route saw all weekend trains replaced by buses for most of 2017–18; electric service eventually starting on Monday 11 February 2019 initially utilising Class 319 electric multiple units[5] (though the Wigan to Manchester trains serving the station are still diesel operated).

There is no Sunday service.

References
  1. Love 1839, p. 234
  2. Bradshaw's Railway Monthly
  3. Kearsley station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 9 December 2016
  4. Table 82 National Rail timetable, December 2019
  5. 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.

Bibliography
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Farnworth   Northern Trains
Manchester-Southport Line		   Clifton or
Salford Crescent
  Historical railways  
Farnworth
Line and station open		   Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Manchester and Bolton Railway		   Dixon Fold
Line open, station closed


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