New Lane train station
You can reach 24 stations directly from New Lane on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Appley Bridge, with 18 trains a day.
Direct trains from New Lane
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 |
| Hoscar | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| Meols Cop | 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 |
How busy New Lane station is
2,140 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 2,496th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between New Lane and Southport than any other pair: 960 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 New Lane. About one station in seventeen has none, so this is not unusual, but it is worth knowing before travelling.
Nearest other stations
- Burscough Bridge 1.2 miles
- Burscough Junction 1.5 miles
- Bescar Lane 2.1 miles
- Hoscar 2.8 miles
- Rufford 2.9 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of New Lane, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Westhead Halt · 3.3 miles
- Shirdley Hill · 4.2 miles
- New Cut Lane Halt · 4.2 miles
- Heathey Lane Halt · 4.3 miles
- Kew Gardens · 4.4 miles
- Halsall · 4.4 miles
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Facilities at New Lane station
New Lane is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
From National Rail's station record, last updated 10 June 2026.
Getting to New Lane station
New Lane station is in West Lancashire, North West, and is run by Northern Trains.
The nearest motorway junction is M58 J3 (Bickerstaffe Interchange), 5.4 miles south.
2 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
New Lane 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