Town Green
General information
Location	Aughton,West Lancashire England
Coordinates	53°32′35″N2°54′16″W / 53.5430°N 2.9044°W /53.5430; -2.9044
Grid reference	SD401055
Managed by	Merseyrail
Transit authority	Merseytravel
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	TWN
Fare zone	F
Classification	DfT category E
History
Original company	Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
2 April 1849	Opened asTown Green[1]
1 June 1889	RenamedTown Green and Aughton[1]
5 May 1975	RenamedTown Green[1]
Passengers
2019/20	0.435 million
2020/21	0.102 million
2021/22	0.290 million
2022/23	0.361 million
2023/24	0.405 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from theOffice of Rail and Road

Town Green railway station is arailway station in Town Green,Aughton,Lancashire, England, situated on theOrmskirk branch ofMerseyrail'sNorthern Line.

It is located at the junction of Town Green Lane and Middlewood Road with pedestrian and vehicular access from Middlewood Road. The booking hall opens onto the south bound platform and the Aughtonpolice station now occupies rooms opening off the booking hall.

The station is staffed throughout the day, with the ticket office open from start of service until 00:20. There is a waiting room in the main building and a shelter on the opposite side, with a footbridge linking them. Digital display screens, timetable posters and automatic announcements are used to convey train running information. There is step-free access to both platforms.^[2]

Trains operate every 15 minutes (Monday to Saturday daytime) between Ormskirk andLiverpool Central, and every 30 minutes in the evening and all day Sunday.^[3]

Town Green station was regularly used as an overnight base for the royal trains when the royal family were visiting Knowsley Hall, the home of Lord Derby, or attending theGrand National race meeting atAintree. seeRoyal Trains List (p19/204) . To the Liverpool end of Town Green station on the Ormskirk bound side and behind the signal box there used to be a small loop line with a very low white painted station which was the platform used by the train. This now forms the car park of the Aughton Institute.

Thesignal box (erected byBritish Railways in 1949 to replace an earlierLancashire and Yorkshire Railway structure dating from 1875) was closed and demolished when the line was resignalled in February 1994. From October 1970 until its demise, it remotely operated the points and signalling at Ormskirk as well as at this station.^[4]

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  A MerseyrailClass 507 waits at the Ormskirk-bound platform.
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  A MerseyrailClass 507 waits at the Liverpool-bound platform.
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  The station as viewed from the roadside drop-off point.
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  Aughton police station, on the Liverpool-bound platform.

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• Train times andstation information for Town Green railway station fromNational Rail
• Station information for Town Green railway station from Merseyrail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Aughton Park towardsOrmskirk		Merseyrail Northern Line		Maghull North towardsLiverpool Central

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