Aughton Park railway station

Aughton Park
The station in 2013
Location	Aughton, West Lancashire England
Coordinates	53°33′15″N 2°53′43″W / 53.5542°N 2.8953°W / 53.5542; -2.8953Coordinates: 53°33′15″N 2°53′43″W / 53.5542°N 2.8953°W / 53.5542; -2.8953
Grid reference	SD408067
Managed by	Merseyrail
Transit authority	Merseytravel
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	AUG
Fare zone	F
Classification	DfT category E
Key dates
May 1907	Station opens as Aughton Park Halt
By 1938	Renamed Aughton Park
Passengers
2016/17	0.200 million
2017/18	0.181 million
2018/19	0.204 million
2019/20	0.218 million
2020/21	37,232
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.

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.^[1]

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).^[2]

Gallery[]

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  The station during the summer.

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  The station bridge, viewed from the opposite platform.

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  A Merseyrail Class 507 waits at the station.

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  The end of the platform.

Notes[]

References[]

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• Station on navigable O.S. map

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aughton Park railway station.

• Train times and station information for Aughton Park railway station from National Rail

• Station information for Aughton Park railway station from Merseyrail

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

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