Gathurst railway station
You can reach 38 stations directly from Gathurst on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Appley Bridge, with 64 trains a day.
Gathurst is the nearest station for postcodes in WN6. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Gathurst
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appley Bridge | 64 | 64 | 15 |
| Burscough Bridge | 64 | 64 | 15 |
| Meols Cop | 64 | 64 | 15 |
| Parbold | 64 | 64 | 15 |
| Southport | 64 | 64 | 15 |
| Wigan Wallgate | 64 | 64 | 15 |
| Hindley | 62 | 62 | 14 |
| Salford Crescent | 62 | 62 | 14 |
| Bolton | 61 | 61 | 0 |
| Ince | 61 | 61 | 14 |
| Westhoughton | 61 | 61 | 0 |
| Deansgate | 31 | 31 | 0 |
| Manchester Oxford Road | 31 | 31 | 0 |
| Manchester Victoria | 31 | 31 | 14 |
| Salford Central | 30 | 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 |
| Clifton | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Accrington | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Atherton | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Blackburn | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Burnley Manchester Road | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Daisy Hill | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Hag Fold | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Littleborough | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Moorside | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Rochdale | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rose Grove | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Smithy Bridge | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Swinton (Manchester) | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Todmorden | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Walkden | 1 | 1 | 14 |
How busy Gathurst is
74,078 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,895th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Gathurst and Manchester Piccadilly than any other pair: 25,526 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
- Appley Bridge 1.7 miles
- Orrell 2.1 miles
- Pemberton 2.2 miles
- Wigan Wallgate 2.6 miles
- Wigan North Western 2.7 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Gathurst, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Boar's Head · 2.4 miles
- Wigan Central · 2.8 miles
- Wigan Chapel Lane · 2.9 miles
- Standish · 2.9 miles
- Wigan Darlington Street · 3.1 miles
- Red Rock · 3.2 miles
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.