Rufford railway station

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Rufford
General information
Location	Rufford, West Lancashire England
Grid reference	SD466156
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	RUF
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	1849
Passengers
2018/19	15,608
2019/20	21,836
2020/21	4,144
2021/22	16,060
2022/23	17,674
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Rufford railway station, opened on 2 April 1849, serves the village of Rufford in Lancashire, England. The station is (9½ miles) south west of Preston on the Preston-Ormskirk branch service. The line was formerly the Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway, which was quickly merged into the East Lancashire Railway on 3 August 1846; this in turn was merged into the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in May 1859.

The level crossing runs across the B5246, the aptly named "Station Road". This is supervised from the nearby signal box, which also controls the only passing loop on the otherwise single track branch line.