Trains to Daisy Hill - Station Details and further Information on Daisy Hill Train Services
Daisy Hill train station serves the Daisy Hill area of Westhoughton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. Daisy Hill is one of the principal stations that lie on the Atherton line, between Wigan and Manchester. The station is located 14 miles west of Manchester Victoria with regular Northern Rail services to these towns as well as Salford, Swinton and Hindley, with onward trains to Kirkby and Southport.
Due to considerable housing development in the area, it is now a well-used commuter station and is the most used station on the line after Atherton.
An interesting aspect of Daisy Hill station is that, even when in the 1970s the service was sporadic (see BR Timetable 1973), the station was fully staffed. This continued until recent times. Until 2008, Daisy Hill station (unlike the more frequently used next station of Hindley and the stations of many other major towns and even cities in Britain) was continuously staffed from before the first train to after the last – just over 18 hours. Since 2008, however, the station ticket office has closed at 7.25pm. This is still a longer period of staffing than many other stations in the United Kingdom. The town's other station (Westhoughton railway station) which enjoys a greater patronage has been unstaffed since 1974.
The station is staffed (see above). Information screens in the booking hall show real-time departure information from both platforms along with electronic displays on the platforms themselves which show the next and following train information and their estimated time of arrival. This is accompanied by automated announcements using the familiar female voice (same voice as heard in Manchester Piccadilly, Oxford Road, etc) heard via speakers located both on the platform and in the booking hall.
For a further picture of the station (and pictures of the locality) see: a site which, inter alia shows the public house Rose Hill Tavern (known locally as The Bug) which is but a few yards from the station (turn right when leaving the station). Across the road is a local shop (still open), and bus-stops which provide connections to much of Westhoughton. Daisy Hill village with its few shops, church and cricket ground is five minutes by foot (turn left outside the station). Westhoughton Town Centre is fifteen minutes (leisurely) walk from the station (turn right) or three or four minutes by bus (service 540 - crossing the road as one leaves the station). There is no taxi rank, although a pay phone is found in the booking hall with taxi numbers and other local information. There are no toilet or refreshment facilities. There is a new car park with 77 places (to the right of the station as one leaves). |
