Croston railway station serves the small village of

Croston Croston is a village and civil parish near Chorley in Lancashire, England. The River Yarrow flows through the village. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 2,917. History Croston was founded in the 7th century whe ...

, near

Chorley Chorley is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, north of Wigan, south west of Blackburn, north west of Bolton, south of Preston and north west of Manchester. The town's wealth ca ...

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, England; the

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is on the Ormskirk Branch Line south west of . It is unstaffed and the old station buildings are now privately occupied. The station was built & opened by the

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(later taken over by the

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) along with the line in April 1849. "Line" is the suitable word here, as along the way are clear signs of the former double track trunk route from Preston to

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, which was severely rationalised (including the reduction to single line working) in 1970. The line once carried numerous express trains to

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, and the

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, though Croston was usually served only by local stopping services from Liverpool to Preston and . Trains connect at with Merseyrail services to

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. Croston enjoys bus connections to nearby Leyland,

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, and Preston. It is on the B5247 into

Bretherton Bretherton is a small village and civil parish in the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England, situated to the south west of Leyland and east of Tarleton. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 669. Its name suggests pre-c ...

. The single platform still in use has a shelter & digital information screen, but has no ticket vending facilities. Step-free access is available for disabled travellers.

Services

Monday to Saturdays sees an hourly service operate each way to Preston and Ormskirk. There is no Sunday service.

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{{Borough of Chorley culture Railway stations in Chorley DfT Category F2 stations Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations Railway stations served by Northern Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1849 Croston 1849 establishments in England