Bescar Lane train station
You can reach 24 stations directly from Bescar Lane on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Appley Bridge, with 18 trains a day.
Direct trains from Bescar Lane
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appley Bridge | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| Burscough Bridge | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| Gathurst | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| Hoscar | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| Meols Cop | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| New Lane | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| Parbold | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| Southport | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| Wigan Wallgate | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| Bolton | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| Hindley | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| Ince | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| Salford Crescent | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| Westhoughton | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| Farnworth | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| Kearsley | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| Manchester Victoria | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| Ashton-under-Lyne | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| Salford Central | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| Stalybridge | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| Moses Gate | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| Deansgate | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Manchester Oxford Road | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Clifton | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Lines serving Bescar Lane
Bescar Lane is on the Manchester to Southport Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Bescar Lane station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Bescar Lane station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Bescar Lane station is
2,442 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 2,489th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Bescar Lane and Southport than any other pair: 1,100 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 Bescar Lane. About one station in seventeen has none, so this is not unusual, but it is worth knowing before travelling.
Nearest other stations
- New Lane 2.1 miles
- Meols Cop 2.9 miles
- Burscough Bridge 3.2 miles
- Burscough Junction 3.5 miles
- Southport 4.0 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Bescar Lane, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Kew Gardens · 2.3 miles
- Heathey Lane Halt · 2.4 miles
- Butts Lane Halt · 2.5 miles
- Shirdley Hill · 2.5 miles
- Blowick · 2.5 miles
- New Cut Lane Halt · 2.8 miles
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Facilities at Bescar Lane station
Bescar Lane is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
From National Rail's station record, last updated 10 June 2026.
Getting to Bescar Lane station
Bescar Lane station is in West Lancashire, North West, and is run by Northern Trains.
The nearest motorway junction is M58 J3 (Bickerstaffe Interchange), 6.9 miles south-east.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Bescar Lane station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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