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Horwich Parkway is a railway station serving the town of Horwich and Middlebrook near Bolton, in Greater Manchester, England. Located within the historic county of Lancashire the station is 16+1⁄4 miles (26.2 km) north west of Manchester Piccadilly on the Manchester to Preston commuter line. The station is close to Junction 6 of the M61 motorway which adds to its convenience as a park and ride railway station. It has digital information displays.

Horwich Parkway
Horwich Parkway seen prior to electrification
General information
Location	Horwich, Bolton England
Grid reference	SD643091
Managed by	Transport for Greater Manchester
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	HWI
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Original company	Railtrack
Key dates
2 July 1999 (1999-07-02)	Station opened
Passengers
2016/17	0.639 million
2017/18	0.580 million
2018/19	0.580 million
2019/20	0.673 million
2020/21	0.104 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Rail services are operated by Northern Trains. Horwich Parkway opened on 2 July 1999. It is the only railway station owned and managed by TfGM. A ticket office was built in 2007 and car parking provision has been expanded on several occasions. A wind turbine was built in 2012 and the station is powered by green energy. Horwich Parkway is the railway station for the University of Bolton Stadium, home of Bolton Wanderers F.C. and the Middlebrook shopping, leisure and business complex.

Passengers visiting Horwich should be aware that the town centre of Horwich is much closer (1¼ miles) to Blackrod, the next station on the line.

On 1st February 2021, management of the station was transferred from Northern Trains to Transport for Greater Manchester.

Facilities

The station has a ticket office on Platform 1, which is open Monday-Saturday 06:20-19:35. A ticket vending machine is in place for purchase of tickets or promise to pay coupons when the ticket office is closed and for the collection of pre-paid tickets. Digital station information boards are in operation on both platforms. Car parking is available adjacent to the ticket office.

Services

There are two trains per hour Monday to Saturdays, northbound to Blackpool North and southbound to Manchester Piccadilly, with trains running either to Manchester Airport or Hazel Grove. [1]

On Sundays, there is a hourly service to Blackpool North and Manchester Airport.

The delayed electrification work on the Manchester to Preston line (running two years behind schedule) led to a temporary reduction in service frequency here from the start of the summer 2018 timetable, along with regular weekend engineering blockades and replacement buses in place of the scheduled train service.[2] Weekend services resumed on Sunday 11 November 2018 after the completion of the engineering work after more than three years of regular weekend possessions.

First TransPennine Express used to run the service from Manchester Airport to Blackpool North but this was passed on to the new Northern franchise on 1 April 2016.

Electric service commenced on 11 February 2019 utilising Class 319 electric multiple units.[3]

As part of a major timetable change in the Manchester area, from December 2022, the service will change to be half hourly between Manchester Airport and Blackpool North. Sunday services will remain hourly.

See also

• Horwich railway station (town centre station, closed in 1966)

Further reading

• "Bolton's Horwich Parkway station work starts". RAIL. No. 346. EMAP Apex Publications. 16–29 December 1998. p. 13. ISSN 0953-4563. OCLC 49953699.

References

External links

• Train times and station information for Horwich Parkway railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Blackrod		Northern Trains Blackpool North - Manchester Airport		Bolton
Chorley		Northern Trains Blackpool North - Hazel Grove		Lostock
Blackrod (limited service)

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