Gathurst train station
You can reach 38 stations directly from Gathurst on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Appley Bridge, with 65 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 | 65 | 64 | 15 |
| Burscough Bridge | 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 Gathurst
Gathurst 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 Gathurst station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Gathurst 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 Gathurst station 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
Facilities at Gathurst station
Gathurst is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
Cycle parking: 5 spaces (lockers).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 27 August 2026.
Getting to Gathurst station
Gathurst station is in Wigan, North West, and is run by Northern Trains.
The nearest motorway junction is M58 J6 (Orrell Interchange), 1.7 miles south.
2 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Gathurst Rail Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Gathurst 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