Bescar Lane railway station
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| Location | |
| Place | Scarisbrick |
| Local authority | West Lancashire |
| Grid reference | SD396145 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BES |
| Managed by | Northern Rail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2004/05 | 2,802 |
| 2005/06 |  3,253 |
| 2006/07 |  3,154 |
| 2007/08 | 3,485 |
| 2008/09 | 3,946 |
| 2009/10 | 3,954 |
| 2010/11 | 3,684 |
| 2011/12 | 3,514 |
| 2012/13 | 3,982 |
| 2013/14 | 3,146 |
| 2014/15 | 2,934 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 9 April 1855 |
| Original company | Manchester and Southport Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
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| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bescar Lane from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Bescar Lane railway station is on the Manchester to Southport Line, 4.5 miles (7.2 km) east of Southport in the village of Scarisbrick. Bescar Lane is an old cottage-style station, operated by the Northern Rail franchise. Its remote location, some distance from the centre of Scarisbrick Parish, is considered "problematical".[1]
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History
Bescar Lane station was built by the Manchester and Southport Railway and opened on 9 April 1855, and from January 1885 was part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR). The station had the distinction of being the lowest station on that network, situated 12.5 feet (3.8 m) above sea-level. The L&YR amalgamated with the London and North Western Railway on 1 January 1922 and in turn was grouped into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1923. Nationalisation followed in 1948. Part of the line running from Bescar Lane en route to Southport through Blowick and St Luke's closed in 1965 (as part of The Beeching Axe), forcing trains to divert through Meols Cop on a section of the old Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway.[2] When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways until the privatisation of British Rail.
Services
Monday to Saturdays there is generally a two-hourly service to Southport westbound and Manchester Victoria eastbound at certain times of the day with a number of morning and evening peak Southport-Manchester Airport and Manchester Piccadilly services calling also at this station. The last service to Southport is at 21:27 and the last service towards Wigan Wallgate and Manchester stations is at 22:30 hours. This station has a reduced service on Sundays. However a Normal service operates on most Bank Holidays.
References
- ↑ Village History, Scarisbrick.org.uk. Retrieved on 29 May 2008.
- ↑ Gell, Rob (1986). An Illustrated Survey of Railway Stations Between Southport & Liverpool 1848-1986. Heyday Publishing Company, ISBN 0-947562-04-4.
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons- Bescar Lane Station Information at Northern Rail
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
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| Meols Cop | Northern Rail Manchester-Southport Line |
New Lane | ||
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