Burscough Junction train station
You can reach 4 stations directly from Burscough Junction on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Croston, with 34 trains a day.
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Direct trains from Burscough Junction
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
Lines serving Burscough Junction
Burscough Junction is on the Ormskirk Branch Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Burscough Junction station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Burscough Junction 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 Burscough Junction station is
50,780 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 2,043rd busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Burscough Junction and Ormskirk than any other pair: 18,394 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 Burscough Junction. About one station in seventeen has none, so this is not unusual, but it is worth knowing before travelling.
Nearest other stations
- Burscough Bridge 0.5 miles
- Hoscar 1.5 miles
- New Lane 1.5 miles
- Ormskirk 2.5 miles
- Rufford 2.9 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Burscough Junction, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Westhead Halt · 2.2 miles
- Skelmersdale · 3.5 miles
- White Moss Level Crossing Halt · 4.0 miles
- Hey's Crossing Halt · 4.8 miles
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Facilities at Burscough Junction station
Burscough Junction is unstaffed, with step-free access to the whole station.
Cycle parking: 8 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 27 August 2026.
Getting to Burscough Junction station
Burscough Junction station is in West Lancashire, North West, and is run by Northern Trains.
The nearest motorway junction is M58 J3 (Bickerstaffe Interchange), 4.2 miles south.
4 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Lathom Close.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Burscough Junction 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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