Ince railway station
Ince railway station serves the Ince area of Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester. The station is on the Manchester-Southport Line 17ΒΌ miles (28 km) north west of Manchester Victoria.
Ince | |
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Ince railway station in 2015 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Ince-in-Makerfield, Wigan England |
| Grid reference | SD595048 |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Transit authority | Greater Manchester |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | INC |
| Classification | DfT category F2 |
| History | |
| Original company | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1888 | Opened as Higher Ince |
| Passengers | |
| 2018/19 | 20,856 |
| 2019/20 | 27,928 |
| 2020/21 | 9,618 |
| 2021/22 | 19,712 |
| 2022/23 | 23,720 |
| Location | |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
Until November 1964, Ince was also served by a station at Lower Ince on the line from Wigan Central to Glazebrook (to the now closed Manchester Central).
Ince suffered in the 1960s and 1970s from much house clearance and landscaping. This has resulted in low passenger usage for the station which served an area which was (until the 1960s) a bustling independent town. Ince (unlike Daisy Hill and Hindley, and other stations on the line) is not a commuter dormitory suburb and now the station is deserted even at peak times. Usage figures increased by around 10% in 2006/07 and recently by greater amounts (around 25% in 2007/08, and 29% in 2010-11) albeit from a relatively low base.
There are three seats, with a new shelter that contains benches. There is also a newly installed LED next train indicator sign (which the station did not previously have) and a payphone. A series of improvement works during June and July 2018 to the station added an array of CCTV cameras and a new Card-Only ticket machine. The station is entirely unstaffed and customers must obtain tickets from the ticket machine on the platform. those wishing to pay for their ticket with cash must use the ticket machine to obtain a 'Promise to Pay' and pay the conductor on the train.