Bryn railway station

Bryn railway station is in Bryn, in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is the nearest station to Ashton-in-Makerfield. The station is situated on the electrified Liverpool to 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.

Bryn
Bryn railway station in 1989
Location
Place	Bryn
Local authority	Wigan
Coordinates	53.4996°N 2.6477°W / 53.4996; -2.6477
Grid reference	SD571005
Operations
Station code	BYN
Managed by	Northern Trains
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	0.148 million
2015/16	0.151 million
2016/17	0.154 million
2017/18	0.153 million
2018/19	0.161 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Greater Manchester
History
Key dates	Opened 1 December 1869 (1 December 1869)
Original company	Lancashire Union Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bryn from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

Facilities

The station is the only unstaffed one on the Huyton to Wigan line, being outside the Merseytravel area (but within that of Greater Manchester PTE). 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 Wigan North Western 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 their 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 90 National Rail timetable, December 2019
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. BBC. 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)