Hag Fold railway station

Hag Fold
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Location
Place	Atherton
Local authority	Wigan
Grid reference	SD673042
Operations
Station code	HGF
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	34,551
2005/06	34,892
2006/07	33,005
2007/08	37,485
2008/09	52,952
2009/10	59,308
2010/11	64,892
2011/12	65,228
2012/13	56,600
2013/14	52,618
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Greater Manchester
History
Key dates	Opened 11 May 1987 (11 May 1987)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hag Fold from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Hag Fold railway station is one of the local stations that lie on the Atherton line, between Wigan and Manchester, England. The station is located 13 miles (20 km) west of Manchester Victoria with regular Northern Rail services to these towns as well as Salford, Swinton, Walkden and Hindley.

The station was built in 1987 by British Rail to serve the Hag Fold estate in Atherton, and is only manned during the morning and lunchtime period. Improvement works to the station are planned, in order to replace the flimsy platforms which have begun to suffer from considerable wear and tear and vandalism.

Services

On Monday to Saturday daytimes, there is generally an hourly service southbound towards Manchester Victoria & Rochdale and northbound towards Wigan Wallgate & Kirkby respectively. Additional trains call during the weekday peak period, which operate on the Manchester Victoria - Southport service.

Recent timetables provide a convenient connection (although a platform change must be made which is not possible for wheelchair users) at Hindley for services to Bolton.

Evenings there is an hourly service in each direction to Manchester Victoria and Wigan. A twelve-month trial of an hourly clockface Sunday service commenced 23 May 2010. As of November 2015 there is an hourly service for Hag Fold on Sundays in each direction to Manchester Victoria and Wigan.

External links

• Train times and station information for Hag Fold railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Daisy Hill		Northern Rail Manchester-Southport Line		Atherton
		Northern Rail Manchester-Kirkby