Blackrod train station
You can reach 19 stations directly from Blackrod on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Bolton, with 48 trains a day.
Direct trains from Blackrod
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bolton | 48 | 48 | 24 |
| Buckshaw Parkway | 48 | 48 | 24 |
| Chorley | 48 | 48 | 24 |
| Deansgate | 46 | 46 | 24 |
| Horwich Parkway | 48 | 48 | 24 |
| Leyland | 48 | 48 | 24 |
| Lostock | 48 | 48 | 24 |
| Manchester Oxford Road | 47 | 47 | 24 |
| Preston | 48 | 48 | 24 |
| Salford Crescent | 48 | 48 | 24 |
| Adlington | 48 | 48 | 23 |
| Blackpool North | 48 | 48 | 23 |
| Kirkham and Wesham | 48 | 48 | 23 |
| Layton | 30 | 30 | 23 |
| Poulton-le-Fylde | 48 | 48 | 23 |
| Manchester Piccadilly | 48 | 48 | 20 |
| Heald Green | 23 | 23 | 19 |
| Manchester Airport | 48 | 48 | 19 |
| Burnage | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| East Didsbury | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Gatley | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mauldeth Road | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Lines serving Blackrod
Blackrod is on the Manchester to Preston Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Blackrod station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Blackrod station on 10 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 2 paths on the Wednesday, no paths on the Saturday and no paths on the Sunday. Every one of them is 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 Blackrod station is
226,316 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,315th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Blackrod and Manchester Piccadilly than any other pair: 52,858 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.
Nearest other stations
- Horwich Parkway 1.5 miles
- Adlington 2.0 miles
- Westhoughton 3.1 miles
- Lostock 3.3 miles
- Hindley 3.4 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Blackrod, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Horwich · 1.1 miles
- Dicconson Lane and Aspull · 1.9 miles
- Lostock Lane · 2.1 miles
- White Bear · 2.1 miles
- Red Rock · 2.5 miles
- Rawlinson Bridge · 2.7 miles
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Facilities at Blackrod station
Blackrod is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
Parking at Blackrod station
- Station Car Park
Cycle parking: 8 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 21 May 2026.
Getting to Blackrod station
Blackrod station is in Bolton, North West, and is run by Northern Trains.
The nearest motorway junction is M61 J6 (Horwich Link Interchange), 1.2 miles south-east.
2 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Blackrod Rail Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Blackrod 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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