Croston railway station

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General information
Location	Chorley
Managed by	Northern
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	CSO
History
Original company	Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
2 April 1849	Opened

Croston railway station serves the small village of Croston, near Chorley in Lancashire, England; the station is on the Ormskirk Branch Line.

This line was cut back with the railway restructuring of the 1960s and 1970s, and only a single DMU (usually a Class 142) operates over the line, shuttling from end to end to provide a train approximately every ninety minutes each way on weekdays (there being no Sunday service). "Line" is the suitable word here, as along the route are clear signs the former dual track route from Preston to Liverpool Exchange was severely cut back in 1970. Trains connect at Ormskirk with Merseyrail services to Liverpool Central. Croston enjoys bus connections to nearby Leyland, Chorley, Southport, and Preston. It is on the B5247 into Bretherton.

External links

• Train times and station information for Croston railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Preston		Northern Ormskirk Branch Line Mondays-Saturdays only		Rufford