Upholland train station

You can reach 24 stations directly from Upholland on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Atherton, with 28 trains a day.

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• 24 direct destinations
• 2,211th busiest in Britain
• Unstaffed
• Step-free in part
• 3 bus stops nearby

Direct trains from Upholland

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

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Lines serving Upholland

Upholland is on the Wigan and Kirkby Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.

Freight through Upholland station, hour by hour

Freight is booked through or alongside Upholland station on 37 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 6 paths on the Wednesday, 7 paths on the Saturday and no paths on the Sunday. 14 of them run whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move. The busiest hour is 05:00 to 06:00 on the Tuesday, with 3 paths booked.

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.

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

How busy Upholland station is

27,684 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 2,211th busiest station in Great Britain.

More journeys run between Upholland and Manchester Victoria than any other pair: 6,066 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 Upholland. About one station in seventeen has none, so this is not unusual, but it is worth knowing before travelling.

Nearest other stations

• Orrell 1.3 miles
• Rainford 2.1 miles
• Gathurst 2.9 miles
• Pemberton 2.9 miles
• Appley Bridge 3.6 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Upholland, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

• Hey's Crossing Halt · 2.4 miles
• Rainford Village · 2.6 miles
• Rookery · 2.7 miles
• White Moss Level Crossing Halt · 2.8 miles
• Old Mill Lane · 2.8 miles
• Skelmersdale · 3.2 miles

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Facilities at Upholland station

Upholland is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.

From National Rail's station record, last updated 28 May 2026.

Getting to Upholland station

Upholland station is in West Lancashire, North West, and is run by Northern Trains.

The nearest motorway junction is M58 J5 (Pimbo Interchange), 0.2 miles north.

3 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Upholland Railway Station.

Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.

Upholland 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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