Bryn railway station

This article is about the railway station in Wigan, England. For the railway station in Oslo, Norway, see Bryn railway station (Oslo).

Bryn
Bryn railway station in 2009
General information
Location	Bryn, Wigan England
Coordinates	53.4996°N 2.6477°W / 53.4996; -2.6477
Grid reference	SD571005
Managed by	Northern Trains
Transit authority	Greater Manchester
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BYN
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Opened	1 December 1869
Original company	Lancashire Union Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Passengers
2019/20	0.172 million
2020/21	33,044
2021/22	85,596
2022/23	83,486
2023/24	98,146
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Bryn railway station is a railway station serving the suburb of Bryn in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester, England. The station is situated on the electrified Liverpool–Wigan line 16+1⁄4 miles (26.2 km) northeast of Liverpool Lime Street and 3+3⁄4 miles (6.0 km) south of Wigan. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern Trains.

Facilities

The station is the only unstaffed one on the Huyton-to-Wigan line, being outside the Merseytravel area (but within that of Transport for Greater Manchester). Ticket machines have recently been installed on both platforms. The old station buildings shown in the caption have since been demolished and were replaced by basic waiting shelters.^[1] Digital display screens and timetable poster boards on each side provide train running information. Step-free access is provided only on the Wigan-bound platform.^[2]

Services

Monday to Saturday daytimes, there is a half-hourly service to Wigan North Western northbound and Liverpool Lime Street southbound. Evenings there is an hourly service in each direction.^[3]

From 10 December 2017 there has been an hourly service on Sundays, to Blackpool North northbound and Liverpool Lime Street southbound for the first time in many years.^[4]

History

The station in 1962

The station was opened on 1 December 1869 by the Lancashire Union Railway on its route between St Helens and Blackburn via Wigan and Chorley. The line beyond Wigan was closed to passengers in January 1960 and completely in 1971.

Electrification

The Liverpool-to-Manchester line electrification also encompasses the entire Liverpool-to-Wigan route.^[5] This allows electric trains to operate from Bryn to Liverpool, St Helens and Wigan. Electrification was completed in May 2015.^[6]

References

1. Bryn station in 2015 Thompson, Nigel Geograph.org; Retrieved 10 January 2017
2. Bryn station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 10 January 2017
3. Table 84 National Rail timetable, May 2023
4. "City Line Book 4 from 10 December 2017 to 19 May 2018" (PDF). Merseytravel. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
5. "Railway lines being electrified in £200m scheme". BBC News. 14 December 2009. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
6. Network Rail

External links

• Train times and station information for Bryn railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Garswood		Northern Trains Liverpool to Wigan Line		Wigan North Western
	Historical railways
Garswood		London and North Western Railway Lancashire Union Railway		Wigan
				Amberswood (Hindley)