Bescar Lane railway station
Template:Short descriptionTemplate:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Parameter validation".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "check for deprecated parameters". Bescar Lane railway station is on the Manchester to Southport Line, Script error: No such module "convert". east of Southport in the village of Scarisbrick. Bescar Lane is an old cottage-style station, operated by Northern Trains. Its remote location, some distance from the centre of Scarisbrick Parish, is considered to be "problematic".[1]
History
The station opened on 9 April 1855 when the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) and the East Lancashire Railway (ELR) jointly opened the line from Template:Rws to Template:Rws, the line and station had been planned, authorised and construction started by the Manchester and Southport Railway before it was acquired by the L&YR and ELR on 3 July 1854.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn The main stone-built station building was built during this time, in the standard L&YR style which had been described as "solid, substantial, well built of stone in the Elizabethan style, neat without undue ornament".The station had the distinction of being the lowest station on that network, situated Script error: No such module "convert". above sea-level.Template:Sfn 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. Part of the line running from Bescar Lane directly to Southport through Blowick and St Luke's closed in 1965, in order to enable the closure of the level crossing on a busy road at Blowick, causing trains to divert through Meols Cop on a section of the old Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway.[2] When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways until the privatisation of British Rail.
The station's level crossing was controlled by a signal box until the early 1990s,[3] but this was closed and demolished after automatic barriers were installed and the fixed signals removed. The platform layout has also been altered, with the westbound platform moved to the opposite side of the crossing – previously both platforms were sited on the eastern side (the redundant one can still be seen).[4]
Facilities
The station is unstaffed and has no ticket machine, so all tickets must be purchased in advance or on the train. There are shelters on each platform, but no other permanent buildings. Train running information can be obtained from timetable posters or by telephone. Step-free access is available on both platforms.[5]
Services
Monday to Saturdays there is generally a two-hourly service to Southport westbound and Manchester Victoria via Template:Rws and Template:Rws eastbound.[6] Most of these continue to Template:Rws.
The last service to Southport is at 21:29 and the last service towards Wigan Wallgate and Manchester stations is at 22:28. There is no Sunday service, though a normal service operates on most Bank Holidays.
References
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- ↑ Village History Template:Webarchive, Scarisbrick.org.uk. Retrieved on 29 May 2008.
- ↑ Gell, Rob (1986). An Illustrated Survey of Railway Stations Between Southport & Liverpool 1848-1986. Heyday Publishing Company, Template:ISBN.
- ↑ Bescar Lane level crossing and signal box in June 1991 Railwaymedia.co.uk; Retrieved 19 December 2016
- ↑ Bescar Lane station in 2012 Thompson, Nigel Geograph.org; Retrieved 19 December 2016
- ↑ Bescar Lane station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 19 December 2016
- ↑ Great Britain eNRT December 2019 Edition, Table 82
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External links
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- Bescar Lane Station Information at Northern Railway.
| Preceding station | National Rail National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meols Cop | style="background:#Template:Northern colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Northern Trains Manchester-Southport Line |
style="background:#Template:Northern colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | New Lane |
| Template:Rws Line and station closed |
style="background:#Template:LYR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Manchester and Southport Railway |
style="background:#Template:LYR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | New Lane Line and station open |
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