Burscough Bridge train station
You can reach 38 stations directly from Burscough Bridge on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Appley Bridge, with 65 trains a day.
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Burscough Bridge is the nearest station for postcodes in L40. Check your own postcode.
- 38 direct destinations
- 1,497th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 4 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Burscough Bridge
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appley Bridge | 65 | 64 | 15 |
| Gathurst | 65 | 64 | 15 |
| Meols Cop | 65 | 64 | 15 |
| Parbold | 65 | 64 | 15 |
| Southport | 65 | 64 | 15 |
| Wigan Wallgate | 65 | 64 | 15 |
| Hindley | 63 | 62 | 14 |
| Salford Crescent | 63 | 62 | 14 |
| Bolton | 62 | 61 | 0 |
| Westhoughton | 62 | 61 | 0 |
| Ince | 61 | 61 | 14 |
| Manchester Victoria | 32 | 31 | 14 |
| Deansgate | 31 | 31 | 0 |
| Manchester Oxford Road | 31 | 31 | 0 |
| Salford Central | 31 | 30 | 14 |
| Kearsley | 29 | 29 | 0 |
| Farnworth | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| Ashton-under-Lyne | 27 | 27 | 0 |
| Moses Gate | 27 | 27 | 0 |
| Stalybridge | 27 | 27 | 0 |
| Bescar Lane | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| Hoscar | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| New Lane | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| Accrington | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Blackburn | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Burnley Manchester Road | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Clifton | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Littleborough | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rochdale | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rose Grove | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Smithy Bridge | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Todmorden | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Atherton | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Daisy Hill | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Hag Fold | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Moorside | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Swinton (Manchester) | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Walkden | 1 | 1 | 14 |
Lines serving Burscough Bridge
Burscough Bridge 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 Burscough Bridge station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Burscough Bridge station in the week beginning 21 September 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 Burscough Bridge station is
166,054 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,497th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Burscough Bridge and Southport than any other pair: 34,532 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: 17 stations instead of 38, a drop of about 55%. Saturday runs to 30.
Nearest other stations
- Burscough Junction 0.5 miles
- New Lane 1.2 miles
- Hoscar 1.6 miles
- Rufford 2.4 miles
- Ormskirk 3.0 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Burscough Bridge, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Westhead Halt · 2.8 miles
- Skelmersdale · 4.0 miles
- White Moss Level Crossing Halt · 4.6 miles
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Facilities at Burscough Bridge station
Burscough Bridge is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Parking at Burscough Bridge station
- Station Car Park
£2.20 a day, £8.80 a week
Cycle parking: 19 spaces (lockers).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 6 July 2026.
Getting to Burscough Bridge station
Burscough Bridge station is in West Lancashire, North West, and is run by Northern Trains.
The nearest motorway junction is M58 J3 (Bickerstaffe Interchange), 4.7 miles south.
4 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Interchange.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Burscough Bridge 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