Hall i' th' Wood railway station

Hall i' th' Wood railway station is the last stop before Bolton on the Northern Trains franchise's Ribble Valley Line into Blackburn and Clitheroe in England.

Hall i' th' Wood
Hall i' th' Wood station looking north
LocationBolton, Bolton
England
Grid referenceSD727112
Managed byNorthern Trains
Transit authorityTransport for Greater Manchester
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeHID
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
OpenedSeptember 1986
Original companyLondon Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
29 September 1986Station opened
Passengers
2015/16 0.116 million
2016/17 0.157 million
2017/18 0.143 million
2018/19 0.177 million
2019/20 0.214 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The station opened by British Rail on 29 September 1986.[1] It is located in the middle of a housing estate and forms an unofficial footpath between the two sides.[2] In March 2008 work began on a new car park for the station.[3]

It takes its name from the nearby Hall i' th' Wood, now a museum which is within walking distance of the station.

Facilities

The station is unmanned and has basic amenities - waiting shelters and timetable posters on each platform, plus a telephone and CIS screens for train running information provision. The wooden platforms are staggered, with the southbound one the further north of the two. There is no step-free access to either platform (the ramps from the road that passes beneath the line both have steps).[4]

Services

Latest franchise operator Northern Trains run a much enhanced all day half-hourly service Weekdays and Saturdays in both directions (which started in December 2017), but still hourly on Sundays, rather than merely at morning and evening peak periods as before. The additional services however start/terminate at Blackburn.[5] The timetable has also been affected by weekend engineering work south of Bolton (as part of the heavily delayed Manchester to Preston Line electrification project) for much of 2018.

References
  1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 112. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  2. "Secure transport route - Manchester to Clitheroe pilot". Department of Transport. 26 January 2006. Archived from the original on 11 June 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2008.
  3. "Work starts on new rail station car parks". Leigh Journal. 10 March 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2008.
  4. Hall i' th' Wood station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 9 December 2016
  5. Table 94 National Rail timetable, May 2018
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Bromley Cross   Northern Trains
Ribble Valley Line		   Bolton


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