Hindley railway station

Hindley
Hindley railway station in 2015
General information
Location	Hindley, Wigan England
Coordinates	53°32′33″N 2°34′30″W / 53.5424°N 2.5750°W / 53.5424; -2.5750
Grid reference	SD619052
Managed by	Northern Trains
Transit authority	Greater Manchester
Platforms	2 (in use)
Other information
Station code	HIN
Classification	DfT category E
History
Original company	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
20 November 1848 (1848-11-20)	Opened as Hindley
1 July 1950	Renamed Hindley North
6 May 1968	Renamed Hindley
Passengers
2018/19	0.295 million
Interchange	100,359
2019/20	0.340 million
Interchange	36,338
2020/21	71,492
Interchange	12,462
2021/22	0.206 million
Interchange	28,737
2022/23	0.203 million
Interchange	26,642
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Hindley railway station is a railway station that serves the town of Hindley in Greater Manchester, England. It is on the Manchester to Southport line, west of where the route branches to use either the Atherton line or the Eastern Branch line via Westhoughton, Lostock and Bolton.

The station is located 14 miles (23 km) west of Manchester Victoria with regular Northern Trains services to these towns as well as Salford, Swinton and Walkden, with onward trains to Kirkby and Southport.