Bolton railway station
You can reach 85 stations directly from Bolton on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Salford Crescent, with 206 trains a day.
Bolton is the nearest station for postcodes in BL11, BL3. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Bolton
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salford Crescent | 206 | 206 | 40 |
| Manchester Oxford Road | 154 | 161 | 62 |
| Manchester Piccadilly | 124 | 131 | 56 |
| Manchester Airport | 124 | 131 | 55 |
| Preston | 125 | 131 | 63 |
| Deansgate | 127 | 130 | 24 |
| Chorley | 101 | 103 | 42 |
| Manchester Victoria | 102 | 102 | 17 |
| Salford Central | 99 | 99 | 15 |
| Horwich Parkway | 77 | 76 | 24 |
| Blackpool North | 73 | 73 | 24 |
| Buckshaw Parkway | 74 | 73 | 24 |
| Kirkham and Wesham | 73 | 73 | 24 |
| Poulton-le-Fylde | 73 | 73 | 24 |
| Lostock | 71 | 70 | 24 |
| Leyland | 70 | 69 | 24 |
| Hindley | 68 | 68 | 0 |
| Westhoughton | 68 | 68 | 0 |
| Blackburn | 65 | 65 | 16 |
| Bromley Cross | 65 | 65 | 16 |
| Darwen | 65 | 65 | 16 |
| Hall i' th' Wood | 65 | 65 | 16 |
| Ince | 65 | 65 | 0 |
| Wigan Wallgate | 65 | 64 | 0 |
| Appley Bridge | 61 | 61 | 0 |
| Burscough Bridge | 61 | 61 | 0 |
| Castleton | 62 | 61 | 0 |
| Gathurst | 61 | 61 | 0 |
| Meols Cop | 61 | 61 | 0 |
| Mills Hill | 62 | 61 | 0 |
| Moston | 62 | 61 | 0 |
| Parbold | 61 | 61 | 0 |
| Rochdale | 62 | 61 | 0 |
| Southport | 61 | 61 | 0 |
| Lancaster | 51 | 58 | 39 |
| Adlington | 48 | 48 | 23 |
| Blackrod | 48 | 48 | 24 |
| Layton | 42 | 42 | 24 |
| Clitheroe | 35 | 39 | 0 |
| Langho | 35 | 39 | 0 |
and 57 more stations, each served less often.
How busy Bolton is
3,011,850 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 180th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 495,120 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Bolton and Manchester Oxford Road than any other pair: 421,764 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
Sunday is a different railway here: 67 stations instead of 85, a drop of about 21%. Saturday runs to 97.
Nearest other stations
- Moses Gate 1.5 miles
- Hall i' th' Wood 1.7 miles
- Farnworth 2.2 miles
- Bromley Cross 2.9 miles
- Lostock 2.9 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Bolton, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Bolton Crook Street · 0.2 miles
- Bolton Great Moor Street · 0.3 miles
- Darcy Lever · 0.7 miles
- Daubhill · 1.2 miles
- Rumworth and Daubhill · 1.4 miles
- Astley Bridge · 1.6 miles
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.