Gathurst railway station
Gathurst railway station in 2015, the L&YR-era station building is now a public house. | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Gathurst, Wigan England | ||||
| Grid reference | SD541071 | ||||
| Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
| Transit authority | Greater Manchester | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | GST | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F1 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 9 April 1855 | ||||
| Original company | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| about 1934 | renamed Gathurst for Shevington | ||||
| 5 May 1975 | renamed Gathurst | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 | 106,722 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 14,426 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 71,014 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 80,454 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 73,518 | ||||
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Gathurst railway station is a two-platform railway station on the outskirts of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The station is on the Southport line 2+3⁄4 miles (4.4 kilometres) north west of Wigan Wallgate station. It is currently operated by Northern Trains.
The main stone-built station building survives adjacent to the Wigan-bound platform, but is now in use for non-railway purposes (as a public house), modest shelters now being provided on both platforms for rail travellers.