CRL - Community Rail Lancashire

Stations

Station
Headbolt Lane

Headbolt Lane is a brand new railway station in Kirkby, that opened on 5th October 2023. The station is served by Merseyrail services from Liverpool Central station and also by Northern Railways services from Blackburn via Todmorden, Manchester Victoria and Wigan Wallgate.

Address

Headbolt Lane Station
Headbolt Lane
Kirkby
Merseyside
L33 1WD

Grid Reference SJ 417999 – for a map visit www.streetmap.co.uk and enter the grid reference.

Operator

Merseyrail Ltd.

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