Hoscar train station
You can reach 24 stations directly from Hoscar on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Appley Bridge, with 18 trains a day.
Direct trains from Hoscar
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appley Bridge | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| Burscough Bridge | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| Bescar Lane | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| Gathurst | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| Meols Cop | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| New Lane | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| Parbold | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| Southport | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| Wigan Wallgate | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| Bolton | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| Hindley | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| Ince | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| Salford Crescent | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| Westhoughton | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| Farnworth | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| Kearsley | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| Manchester Victoria | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| Ashton-under-Lyne | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| Salford Central | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| Stalybridge | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| Moses Gate | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| Deansgate | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Manchester Oxford Road | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Clifton | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Lines serving Hoscar
Hoscar 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 Hoscar station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Hoscar 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 Hoscar station is
802 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 2,552nd busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Hoscar and Southport than any other pair: 306 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 Hoscar. About one station in seventeen has none, so this is not unusual, but it is worth knowing before travelling.
Nearest other stations
- Parbold 1.5 miles
- Burscough Junction 1.5 miles
- Burscough Bridge 1.6 miles
- Rufford 2.5 miles
- New Lane 2.8 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Hoscar, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Westhead Halt · 2.9 miles
- Skelmersdale · 3.3 miles
- White Moss Level Crossing Halt · 3.8 miles
- Hey's Crossing Halt · 4.5 miles
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Facilities at Hoscar station
Hoscar is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
From National Rail's station record, last updated 27 August 2026.
Getting to Hoscar station
Hoscar station is in West Lancashire, North West, and is run by Northern Trains.
The nearest motorway junction is M58 J4 (Glenburn Road Interchange), 3.9 miles south.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Hoscar 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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