Trains to Appley Bridge - Station Details and further Information on Appley Bridge Train Services
Appley Bridge train station serves the villages of Appley Bridge (Lancashire) and Shevington (Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester) in England. The station is 4½ miles north west of Wigan Wallgate on the Manchester-Southport Line. The station itself is in the Lancashire side of the village, but it is supported by the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive and as such within the GMPTE ticketing zone.
Appley Bridge train station was built by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway and opened on 9 April 1855. The main stone-built station building survives adjacent to the Wigan-bound platform, but is now in use for non-railway purposes (as a public house), modest shelters now being provided on both platforms for rail travellers.
Monday to Saturday daytimes, there are two trains an hour to Southport westbound and to Wigan. Beyond Wigan, services run alternately to Manchester Victoria via Atherton and to Bolton, Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport. After 19.00 the service drops to hourly each way. On Sundays there is an hourly service to Southport and Stockport via Manchester Piccadilly. Alternate Stockport trains continue on to Altrincham and Chester. |