Orrell railway station serves the Orrell area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is a small two-platform commuter hub on the Kirkby branch line from Wigan.

Orrell
Orrell railway station in 2015
General information
Location	Orrell, Wigan England
Coordinates	53°31′48″N 2°42′32″W
Grid reference	SD531039
Managed by	Northern Trains
Transit authority	Transport for Greater Manchester
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	ORR
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Opened	1848
Passengers
2016/17	90,918
2017/18	90,178
2018/19	92,888
2019/20	96,894
2020/21	20,324
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

From Orrell, trains provide services to Manchester, passing through Wigan's Wallgate station. On the opposite platform, trains served by Northern Trains use the Tontine Tunnel onwards towards the Kirkby terminus of this branch line.

The majority of passengers at Orrell use services to Wigan town centre and Manchester. The services to Manchester are significantly busier than those to Kirkby.^{[citation needed]} Usage figures are slightly inflated by the fact that Orrell is the boundary for free Concessionary travel for Manchester residents; pensioners book (free) to Orrell and need only pay from there to areas outside Greater Manchester.

Facilities

The station is unstaffed and has a ticket machine that can be found at street level. Shelters, digital information screens and timetable information boards are located on each platform, with a footbridge linking them.[1] No step-free access is available, as the station is situated in a cutting below street level and can only be reached via the stairs from the footbridge.[2]

Service

There is an hourly service Monday to Saturday daytimes eastbound direct to Wigan Wallgate and Manchester Victoria (via Walkden) and westbound to Kirkby for connection to Liverpool Central.

There is no late evening service after 20:05 and there is no service on a Sunday. A normal service operates on most Bank holidays.[3]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Orrell railway station.

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Upholland		Northern Trains Kirkby Branch Line		Pemberton

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