Ashton-under-Lyne train station

You can reach 23 stations directly from Ashton-under-Lyne on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Manchester Victoria, with 38 trains a day.

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Ashton-under-Lyne is the nearest station for postcodes in OL6, OL7. Check your own postcode.

23 direct destinations
1,457th busiest in Britain
Staffed full time
Step-free in part
25 parking spaces
11 bus stops nearby

Direct trains from Ashton-under-Lyne

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday
Manchester Victoria	38	38
Stalybridge	38	38
Bolton	32	32
Hindley	32	32
Kearsley	32	32
Salford Central	32	32
Salford Crescent	32	32
Westhoughton	32	32
Farnworth	31	31
Ince	30	30
Moses Gate	30	30
Wigan Wallgate	30	30
Appley Bridge	27	27
Burscough Bridge	27	27
Gathurst	27	27
Meols Cop	27	27
Parbold	27	27
Southport	27	27
Bescar Lane	14	14
Hoscar	14	14
New Lane	14	14
Clifton	2	2
Wigan North Western	2	2

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Freight through Ashton-under-Lyne station, hour by hour

Freight is booked through or alongside Ashton-under-Lyne station on 14 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 1 path on the Wednesday, 5 paths on the Saturday and no paths on the Sunday. 5 of them run whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move.

The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.

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Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless

How busy Ashton-under-Lyne station is

180,238 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,457th busiest station in Great Britain.

More journeys run between Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Victoria than any other pair: 71,044 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.

Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.

Sundays

There is no Sunday service from Ashton-under-Lyne. About one station in seventeen has none, so this is not unusual, but it is worth knowing before travelling.