Kearsley train station
You can reach 25 stations directly from Kearsley on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Bolton, with 36 trains a day.
Kearsley is the nearest station for postcodes in M26. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Kearsley
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bolton | 36 | 36 | 0 |
| Hindley | 36 | 36 | 0 |
| Salford Crescent | 36 | 36 | 0 |
| Westhoughton | 36 | 36 | 0 |
| Farnworth | 35 | 35 | 0 |
| Manchester Victoria | 35 | 35 | 0 |
| Moses Gate | 34 | 34 | 0 |
| Salford Central | 34 | 34 | 0 |
| Ince | 33 | 33 | 0 |
| Wigan Wallgate | 33 | 32 | 0 |
| Ashton-under-Lyne | 32 | 32 | 0 |
| Stalybridge | 32 | 32 | 0 |
| Appley Bridge | 29 | 29 | 0 |
| Burscough Bridge | 29 | 29 | 0 |
| Gathurst | 29 | 29 | 0 |
| Meols Cop | 29 | 29 | 0 |
| Parbold | 29 | 29 | 0 |
| Southport | 29 | 29 | 0 |
| Bescar Lane | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| Hoscar | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| New Lane | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| Wigan North Western | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Clifton | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Deansgate | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Manchester Oxford Road | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Lines serving Kearsley
Kearsley is on the Manchester to Preston Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Kearsley station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Kearsley 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 Kearsley station is
54,888 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 2,012th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Kearsley and Manchester Victoria than any other pair: 22,418 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 Kearsley. About one station in seventeen has none, so this is not unusual, but it is worth knowing before travelling.
Nearest other stations
- Farnworth 0.7 miles
- Moses Gate 1.3 miles
- Walkden 1.9 miles
- Moorside 2.2 miles
- Swinton (Manchester) 2.6 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Kearsley, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Ringley Road · 1.4 miles
- Dixon Fold · 1.6 miles
- Bradley Fold · 1.9 miles
- Plodder Lane · 2.0 miles
- Little Hulton · 2.0 miles
- Radcliffe Bridge · 2.2 miles
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Facilities at Kearsley station
Kearsley is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
From National Rail's station record, last updated 27 August 2026.
Getting to Kearsley station
Kearsley station is in Bolton, North West, and is run by Northern Trains.
The nearest motorway junction is M61 J2 (Worsley Braided Interchange), 0.9 miles south-west.
5 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Kearsley Hall Rail Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Kearsley 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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