Lostock
Lostock station (2005), looking east. The Wigan lines on the right (with no platforms) can be seen joining the main line in the distance.
General information
Location	Lostock,Bolton England
Coordinates	53°34′23″N2°29′38″W / 53.573°N 2.494°W /53.573; -2.494
Grid reference	SD674086
Managed by	Northern Trains
Transit authority	Greater Manchester
Platforms	2
Tracks	4
Other information
Station code	LOT
Classification	DfT category E
History
Original company	Liverpool and Bury Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
c. August 1852	Station opened asLostock Junction
7 November 1966	Station closed
16 May 1988	Reopened asLostock Parkway
?	RenamedLostock
Passengers
2019/20	0.280 million
2020/21	47,064
2021/22	0.144 million
2022/23	0.177 million
2023/24	0.227 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from theOffice of Rail and Road

Lostock railway station serves the suburbs of Heaton andLostock inBolton,Greater Manchester, England. Built for theLiverpool and Bury Railway in 1852, the station was closed in 1966, then reopened on a smaller scale in 1988 to serve commuters.

According to large scaleOrdnance Survey maps and local usage, the surrounding area is named Lostock Junction and the station is referred to as such by many local people.Network Rail's "location map" uses the same name.^[1] This is similar to the situation in London whereClapham Junction railway station is in fact in Battersea, and the surrounding area has taken the name of Clapham Junction. Lostock itself is over a mile to the west of the station.

The railway line betweenBolton andPreston had opened as far asRawlinson Bridge (betweenAdlington andChorley) on 4 February 1841, and among the original stations on this route, the first station out of Bolton was atBlackrod.^[2] On 20 November 1848, theLiverpool and Bury Railway was opened giving a route between Bolton andWigan, and the point where it connected to the Bolton–Preston line was named Lostock Junction; the first station out of Bolton on this route wasWesthoughton. Later, a station was constructed at the junction, also namedLostock Junction, which opened around August 1852. The station gave its name to the village which grew around it.^[3][4] This station had platforms on both the Preston and Wigan routes.^[5]

On 17 July 1920, four people were killed and 148 were injured in a near head-on collision between twoLancashire & Yorkshire Railway passenger trains at Lostock Junction due to a signal having erroneously been ignored at danger.^[6]

Lostock Junction Station closed on 7 November 1966^[4] as part of the programme of cuts initiated by theBeeching Report of 1963. However, on 16 May 1988 the station was reopened, but now with platforms only on the Preston route and renamedLostock Parkway, a large car park for the use of park-and-ride commuters having been provided.^[4] The suffix "Parkway" was later dropped.^[7]

The two-platform station is served by twoNorthern services per hour southbound toManchester Airport viaManchester Piccadilly and northbound toPreston andBlackpool North.^[8] It is a popular commuter station.^[9]

Saturday and Sunday services were replaced by buses most weekends from May 2015 until November 2018 due to the late-running electrification work on the route.^[10] Weekend services resumed on Sunday 11 November 2018 after the completion of the electrification engineering work.

Electric service commenced on Monday 11 February 2019, operated byClass 319electric multiple units.^[11]

Sunday services are reduced to 1 train per hour, with 4 services on Sunday mornings terminating atManchester Oxford Road. All services are operated usingClass 323 andClass 331 electric units.

Before the December 2022 timetable change, services from Lostock were one train per hour in each direction, with only the Airport services stopping here. The number of trains was increased from one to two trains per hour after the services were rerouted to both terminate at Manchester Airport.

Most recently in early 2009, the station has had a passenger information display system installed, giving waiting passengers on the platforms information about trains that are due to arrive. Fully computer automated, it is also equipped with an audio speaker system, giving the benefit of announcements of train arrivals and delays. During December 2008 - Spring 2009 the car park facilities were greatly improved by extending and resurfacing the land surrounding the railway, with the addition of floodlighting and CCTV. In April 2023, the stations informationdot-matrix display screens were replaced.

The station has a ticket office, which is staffed from start of service until 19:35, six days per week (closed Sundays). A ticket vending machine is in place for purchase of tickets or promise to pay coupons when the ticket office is closed and for the collection of pre-paid tickets. Shelters are located on each platform and both have step-free access (via ramps northbound).^[12]

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Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Horwich Parkway		Northern Trains Manchester to Preston Line		Bolton
	Historical railways
Lostock Lane Line open, station closed		Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Bolton and Preston Railway		Bolton Line and station open
Chew Moor Line open, station closed		Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Liverpool and Bury Railway

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