Burscough Junction Railway Station is a railway station in Lancashire, where two or more rail lines meet. The station is located on the Train Sim World featured Blackpool Branches Ormskirk Branch Line, and is served by Northern Trains.
Explanation
- Junction station: A railway station where two or more rail lines meet or diverge
- Rail junction: A place where two or more rail routes meet or diverge
- Turnouts: Physical connections between the tracks of two routes
History
- The station was built in 1849 for the Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway Company
- The station was the site of a rail accident in 1880
- After the accident, the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway made improvements to the station to prevent similar disasters
Other Burscough railway station
Burscough also has another railway station, Burscough Bridge railway station, which is located on the Manchester-Southport Line.
Burscough Junction Station Location
England
