Bromley Cross train station
You can reach 18 stations directly from Bromley Cross on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Blackburn, with 65 trains a day.
Bromley Cross is the nearest station for postcodes in BL7, BL8. Check your own postcode.
- 18 direct destinations
- 1,138th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 71 parking spaces
- 6 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Bromley Cross
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackburn | 65 | 65 | 16 |
| Bolton | 65 | 65 | 16 |
| Darwen | 65 | 65 | 16 |
| Hall i' th' Wood | 65 | 65 | 16 |
| Manchester Victoria | 65 | 65 | 16 |
| Salford Crescent | 65 | 65 | 16 |
| Salford Central | 64 | 64 | 15 |
| Castleton | 62 | 61 | 0 |
| Mills Hill | 62 | 61 | 0 |
| Moston | 62 | 61 | 0 |
| Rochdale | 62 | 61 | 0 |
| Clitheroe | 35 | 39 | 0 |
| Langho | 35 | 39 | 0 |
| Ramsgreave and Wilpshire | 35 | 39 | 0 |
| Whalley | 35 | 39 | 0 |
| Entwistle | 38 | 38 | 15 |
| Horton-in-Ribblesdale | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Hellifield | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ribblehead | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Settle | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Farnworth | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Moses Gate | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Lines serving Bromley Cross
Bromley Cross is on the Ribble Valley Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Bromley Cross station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Bromley Cross 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 Bromley Cross station is
311,940 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,138th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Bromley Cross and Manchester Victoria than any other pair: 157,626 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: 8 stations instead of 18, a drop of about 56%. Saturday runs to 22.
Nearest other stations
- Hall i' th' Wood 1.1 miles
- Bolton 2.9 miles
- Entwistle 2.9 miles
- Moses Gate 4.0 miles
- Lostock 4.5 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Bromley Cross, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- The Oaks · 0.7 miles
- Astley Bridge · 1.5 miles
- Turton and Edgworth · 1.6 miles
- Bolton Great Moor Street · 2.8 miles
- Bolton Crook Street · 2.9 miles
- Darcy Lever · 3.0 miles
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Facilities at Bromley Cross station
Bromley Cross is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:50 to 13:20 · Saturday: 07:50 to 14:20 · Sunday: closed
Parking at Bromley Cross station
- Station Car Park 71 spaces
free
Cycle parking: 11 spaces (lockers).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 8 April 2026.
Getting to Bromley Cross station
Bromley Cross station is in Bolton, North West, and is run by Northern Trains.
The nearest motorway junction is M66 J1 (Summerseat Interchange), 4.9 miles east.
6 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Bromley Cross Rail Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Bromley Cross 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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