Date: 03/10/2011

Lancashire's new railway station, the Buckshaw Parkway station, has opened. The first train, the Blackpool North to Manchester Victoria, arrived at the Buckshaw village station at 06:58 BST. The £6.8m station was built on the former Royal Ordnance factory site at Euxton and it is estimated it will accommodate 450,000 passengers a year.

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New railway station for village

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A new railway station at Buckshaw Village on the Manchester to Preston line opens in Lancashire.

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A Northern DMU service heads east towards Chorley on 29 April 2011, passing the site of the new Buckshaw Parkway station. Due to be completed in early October, the new station will be adjacent to the site of the former Chorley Halt [see image 20909]. Work started here early in 2011 and has progressed from the north side of the line (left) where the station building and car park will be located, to the south side, where an access road has been constructed and fencing erected.
Location: Buckshaw Parkway
Company: Bolton and Preston Railway
29/04/2011 John McIntyre

Platform level view west from platform 2 at Buckshaw Parkway on opening day 3 October 2011 after the first services to Manchester and Blackpool have departed.
Location: Buckshaw Parkway
Company: Bolton and Preston Railway
03/10/2011 John McIntyre

With passengers boarded, the 0658 to Manchester Victoria is the first train to depart from the new station at Buckshaw Parkway on 3 October 2011.
Location: Buckshaw Parkway
Company: Bolton and Preston Railway
03/10/2011 John McIntyre