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
National Rail
Hall i' th' Wood station looking north
General information
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
2018/19Increase 0.177 million
2019/20Increase 0.214 million
2020/21Decrease 53,150
2021/22Increase 0.108 million
2022/23Increase 0.143 million
Location
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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

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The station is unmanned and has basic amenities - waiting shelters and timetable posters on each platform, plus a telephone. 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

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The former franchise operator Arriva Rail North announced a much enhanced all day half-hourly service Weekdays and Saturdays in both directions from Dec 2017, rather than merely at morning and evening peak periods as before. The additional services however start/terminate at Blackburn, so the service through to Clitheroe remains hourly; southbound trains extend through to Rochdale.[5] The Sunday service is hourly to Clitheroe and Manchester.

The timetable was 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

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  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 103 National Rail timetable, May 2023
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