Ince train station

You can reach 52 stations directly from Ince on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Hindley, with 98 trains a day.

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52 direct destinations
2,349th busiest in Britain
Unstaffed
8 bus stops nearby

Direct trains from Ince

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Hindley	98	98	15
Salford Crescent	98	98	15
Wigan Wallgate	96	95	15
Manchester Victoria	66	66	15
Bolton	65	65	0
Westhoughton	65	65	0
Salford Central	64	64	15
Appley Bridge	61	61	14
Burscough Bridge	61	61	14
Gathurst	61	61	14
Meols Cop	61	61	14
Parbold	61	61	14
Southport	61	61	14
Atherton	33	33	15
Daisy Hill	33	33	15
Hag Fold	33	33	15
Kearsley	33	33	0
Moorside	33	33	15
Rochdale	33	33	0
Swinton (Manchester)	33	33	15
Walkden	33	33	15
Deansgate	32	32	0
Farnworth	32	32	0
Hebden Bridge	32	32	0
Leeds	32	32	0
Manchester Oxford Road	32	32	0
Mytholmroyd	32	31	0
Sowerby Bridge	32	31	0
Todmorden	32	32	0
Littleborough	31	32	0
Moses Gate	31	31	0
Smithy Bridge	31	32	0
Walsden	31	31	0
Ashton-under-Lyne	30	30	0
Brighouse	30	30	0
Stalybridge	30	30	0
Batley	29	30	0
Dewsbury	29	30	0
Mirfield	29	30	0
Morley	29	30	0

and 12 more stations, each served less often.

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Lines serving Ince

Ince is on the Windsor Bridge North Junction (Salford Crescent) and Southport Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.

Freight through Ince station, hour by hour

Freight is booked through or alongside Ince station on 12 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 2 paths on the Wednesday, 1 path on the Saturday and no paths on the Sunday. 1 of them runs whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move.

The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.

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Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless

How busy Ince station is

12,836 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 2,349th busiest station in Great Britain.

More journeys run between Ince and Manchester Victoria than any other pair: 5,658 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.