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((More citations needed|date=November 2022))((Short description|Railway station in Greater Manchester, England))
((Use dmy dates|date=January 2017))
((Use British English|date=January 2017))
((Infobox station
| name                = Blackrod
| symbol_location     = gb
| symbol              = rail
| image               = Blackrod Station Platform.jpg
| caption             = Blackrod railway station, seen prior to the completion of refurbishment and electrification works
| borough             = [[Blackrod]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Bolton|Bolton]]
| country             = England
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| manager             = [[Northern Trains]]
| platforms           = 2
| code                = BLK
| classification      = [[United Kingdom railway station categories|DfT category]] F1
| mpassengers =
((Rail pass box |pass_year=2018/19 |passengers=((increase)) 0.564 million))
((Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers=((increase)) 0.606 million))
((Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers=((decrease)) 51,754))
((Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers=((increase)) 0.132 million))
((Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers=((increase)) 0.154 million))
| footnotes           = Passenger statistics from the [[Office of Rail and Road]]
))

'''Blackrod railway station''' serves the towns of [[Blackrod]] and [[Horwich]], [[Greater Manchester]], England. It is 6.5&nbsp;miles (10&nbsp;km ) north west of ((rws|Bolton)) railway station. It is just ((convert|1+1/4|mi|km)) from the town centre of [[Horwich]] - closer than ((stnlnk|Horwich Parkway)) station.

It lies on the [[Manchester-Preston Line]] and is served by [[Northern Trains]], who run express trains from ((rws|Manchester Airport)) to ((rws|Blackpool North)). Despite its high passenger usage and the recent refurbishment (see below) the station is currently unstaffed. A drop in passenger usage in the year 2017/18 is largely due to industrial action and engineering works with the drop in the year 2020/21 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] and reduced timetable.

== History ==
The station was opened on 4 February 1841 as Horwich Road by the [[Manchester and Bolton Railway]]. It was renamed Horwich and Blackrod, then Horwich Junction, then Horwich and Blackrod junction, and finally Blackrod in 1888 <ref>Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens</ref>

Blackrod was once the junction for a short branch to serve the original [[Horwich railway station|Horwich station]] (closed to passengers on 27 September 1965<ref>[http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/h/horwich/ Disused Stations - Horwich]''Disused Stations - Horwich''; Retrieved 16 August 2016</ref>) and [[Horwich Works|Horwich Locomotive Works]] (sold in 1988, after which the line was closed and lifted). Until the 1980s, Blackrod had a poor frequency of service,<ref>BR Timetable 1973, table 96</ref> but for many years it has been a popular commuter station.

==Technical railway information==
The station had until recently a [[signal box]], the only one on the entire Manchester to Preston route. This had outlasted the others as it acted as the 'fringe' to both the ((rws|Manchester Piccadilly)) signalling centre and Preston PSB. The train description system used in the Preston installation was incompatible with that installed at Piccadilly<ref>
((cite web
|url=http://www.blackrod.org.uk/signalling_bjsb_hist.html
|title=Blackrod Station - Blackrod Junction signal box
|website=Blackrod.org.uk
|access-date=2008-10-04
))
</ref> so the signaller at Blackrod had to transfer train data manually from one system to the other as each one passed through his/her control area. A similar situation existed at ((stnlnk|Bromley Cross)) on the [[Ribble Valley Line|Bolton to Blackburn]] line, where the two control areas also overlap.<ref>((cite web
|url=http://www.signalbox.org/gallery/lm/bromleycross.htm
|title=Bromley Cross signal box
|website=Signalbox.org
|access-date=2008-10-04
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514004725/http://www.signalbox.org/gallery/lm/bromleycross.htm
|archive-date=14 May 2008
|url-status=dead
))</ref><br />[[Network Rail]] announced in May 2012 that the box was due to be abolished in January 2013, with control passing to the Piccadilly signalling centre. This is part of a programme of signalling renewals associated with the planned electrification of the [[Manchester-Preston line]] (due for completion in 2016). The box was duly decommissioned on 10 February 2013 and subsequently demolished.<ref>[http://www.blackrod.org.uk/index.html Blackrod Station - Past & Present] Blackrod.org.uk; Retrieved 2012-10-29</ref>

[[File:Blackrod railway station.jpg|thumb|250px|Blackrod in 1962]]

==2012 refurbishment==
Over one million pounds' worth of improvements to the station (including the removal of the footbridge shown in the photo and its replacement with step-free access ramps) were completed in November 2012.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.northernrail.org/news/7167 |title=Passengers to benefit from over £1 million investment at Blackrod station |date=4 December 2012 |work=Northern Rail News |access-date=17 December 2012 ))</ref>

==Facilities==
A ticket vending machine is in place for purchase of tickets or promise to pay coupons and for the collection of pre-paid tickets. Digital station information boards are in operation on both platforms along public announcements. Car parking is available. Both platforms have step-free access via ramps from Station Road. The signal box is not in use any more. Since May 2020, certain mobility scooters can be carried on all services from Blackrod.<ref>((Cite web |url=https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/sites/default/files/2022-11/Mobility_Scooter_2022_web.pdf |title=Mobility Scooters : Our guide to how and where you can travel |website= |accessdate=13 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213120506/https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/sites/default/files/2022-11/Mobility_Scooter_2022_web.pdf |archive-date=13 December 2022))</ref>

==Services==
As of December 2022, 1 train per hour calls at this station off-peak 7 days a week between ((rws|Manchester Airport)) and ((stnlnk|Blackpool North)).<ref>GB eNRT December 2022 Edition, Table 102</ref>  Services run half-hourly Monday-Saturday between 06:00 - 09:00 and 16:30 - 19:30 in both directions and also northbound between 19:30 and 21:00.<ref>((cite web |title = Northern Trains – Timetables |url = https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/sites/default/files/templates/N27/2022-12-11-to-2023-05-20-1669987933.pdf |publisher = Northern |access-date = 13 December 2022 |archive-date = 13 December 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221213111757/https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/sites/default/files/templates/N27/2022-12-11-to-2023-05-20-1669987933.pdf |url-status = bot: unknown ))</ref>

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.<ref>[https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/news/improvements/1657-manchester-bolton-preston-route-improvement-works-2 Manchester - Bolton - Preston route improvement works] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730170823/https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/news/improvements/1657-manchester-bolton-preston-route-improvement-works-2 |date=30 July 2018 ))''Northern'' website news article; Retrieved 2 August 2018</ref> Weekend services resumed on Sunday 11 November 2018 after the completion of the electrification engineering work. Sunday services were regularly replaced by buses between December 2018 and March 2021 due to train crew shortages but a full Sunday service is now in operation.

For several years the station was served hourly by the Manchester Victoria to Preston service. In December 2021, this service was withdrawn due to train crew availability and to improve reliability on the line, and both Blackrod and Adlington were only served at peak times. In May 2022 the timetables were adjusted so the hourly Blackpool North to Manchester Airport service would stop at both of these stations throughout the day and the station receives hourly off-peak services as of 2023.

Since the December 2022 timetable change, most services are operated by 6-carriage [[British Rail Class 331|Class 331]] units (however in December 2023 some "quieter" services will be formed of 4 coaches) which were previously too long to allow all doors to open on platform 1 (for services from Manchester towards Blackpool); as a result only the doors in the front 5 carriages would open when the train stops on platform 1. Platform 2 (for services from Blackpool towards Manchester) is longer and all train doors can be used. Platform 1 has been extended in 2023 and as a result all doors can now open on both platforms.<ref>((cite web |title = Station Overview - Blackrod |url = http://www.railwaydata.co.uk/stations/overview/?TLC=ADL |publisher = Railway Data Centre |access-date = 13 December 2022 |archive-date = 13 December 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221213115438/http://www.railwaydata.co.uk/stations/overview/?TLC=ADL |url-status = bot: unknown ))</ref>

==Renovation and electrification==
It was announced by the Department for Transport in December 2009, the line between Preston and Manchester, on which the station is situated, will be electrified  which should reduce journey times to Manchester by up to ten minutes.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/dec/09/transport-pre-budget-report|title=Rail electrification gets green light|last=Milmo|first=Dan|date=2009-12-09|website=The Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-08-29))</ref> There have been many delays but completion is expected before December 2018.

Electric service commenced on 11 February 2019, initially utilising [[British Rail Class 319|Class 319]] [[electric multiple units]].<ref>((Cite web|title=First electric trains are a 'new dawn' for Bolton commuters ((!)) The Bolton News|url=https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/17430590.first-electric-trains-are-a-new-dawn-for-bolton-commuters/|last=McDonnell|first=Seamus|date=14 February 2019|website=The Bolton News|access-date=11 May 2020))</ref>

==Post electrification services==
[[File:Blackrod railway station, Lancashire (geograph 5975243).jpg|thumb|The station in 2018, following refurbishment and completion of electrification works.]]
A new timetable was introduced in May 2019 featuring new electric trains and shorter journey times; daytime services run hourly between ((rws|Preston)) and ((rws|Manchester Victoria)) with evening and additional peak services running between ((rws|Blackpool North)) and ((rws|Manchester Piccadilly)) and onwards to ((rws|Manchester Airport)) or ((rws|Hazel Grove)). Initially all services utilised Class 319 electric multiple units. Since December 2019, all services have utilised [[British Rail Class 331|Class 331]] electric multiple units.

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
((Commons category|Blackrod railway station))
((stn art lnk|BLK))
*[http://www.blackrod.org.uk Blackrod Station - Past & Present]

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