Gathurst railway station

Gathurst
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 (1855-04-09)
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
2018/19	94,320
2019/20	106,722
2020/21	14,426
2021/22	71,014
2022/23	80,454
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.