New Lane
New Lane railway station in 2015.
General information
Location	Burscough, West Lancashire England
Coordinates	53°36′40″N 2°52′05″W / 53.611°N 2.868°W / 53.611; -2.868
Grid reference	SD427131
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	NLN
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	Manchester and Southport Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
9 April 1855	Opened[1]
Passengers
2018/19	2,248
2019/20	1,946
2020/21	612
2021/22	1,814
2022/23	2,188
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

New Lane railway station serves the town of Burscough in West Lancashire, in England. It is served and managed by Northern Trains and is situated near the Martin Mere bird sanctuary, which can be reached by a 1-mile walk.

The main stone-built station building survives adjacent to the Wigan-bound platform, but is now in use for non-railway purposes (as a private house), modest shelters now being provided on both platforms for rail travellers.

History

The 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 main stone-built station building (no longer in use) was built during this time, in the standard L&YR style (albeit on a smaller scale compared with Burscough Bridge). 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. When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways until the privatisation of British Rail. Like neighbouring Bescar Lane, the station here formerly had its level crossing manually operated from a nearby signal box and both platforms on the same side of the crossing.^[2] The present staggered arrangement was introduced when the box was abolished and automatic half barriers installed in the early 1990s.

Facilities

The station is unstaffed and has a ticket machine, tickets can be purchased on the train or prior to travel. Timetable posters and a telephone are provided to give train running information. Step-free access is available to both platforms.^[3]

Services

Trains run to Southport and Manchester Victoria via Wigan Wallgate every two hours (with some peak extras).^[4] Most eastbound trains continue to Stalybridge.

The last service to Southport is at 21:24 hours with the last service towards Wigan Wallgate and Manchester stations being at 22:32. There is no Sunday service, though a normal service operates on most bank holidays.