Lancashire Evening Post 20th January 2012 BUCKSHAW PARKWAY "EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS"More than 2,000 passengers a week are passing through the doors of the long-awaited Buckshaw Parkway railway station which opened in October. And officials say 335 people are boarding at the £6.8m station every day. Gemma Colley, public relations manager for Northern Rail, said a ticket vending machine had been added. She said: “We are delighted with the success of Buckshaw Parkway station, which has exceeded our expectations in passenger footfall and ticket sales.” |
Chorley Guardian 17th December 2011 RAIL STATION CAR PARK PLAN IS AXEDPlans for a much-needed car park extension at Chorley railway station have been completely scrapped. Northern Rail has admitted it won’t be going ahead with proposals for a multi-storey car park to tackle the problem of people leaving their cars on yellow lines and pavements when it’s busy. Bosses previously said they wanted to see how the opening of Buckshaw Village’s new station affected the amount of people still visiting Chorley before committing to the project. They also agreed to look into making more room for spaces in the existing car park while the assessments were ongoing, but have now announced there are no intentions to pursue the idea at all. A Northern Rail spokesman said: “We realise parking at Chorley is an issue for our passengers, however there is no space around the car park to expand and a multi-storey facility simply will not be delivered within the current franchise. “We will continue to monitor parking at both Chorley and Buckshaw Parkway, but with Buckshaw opening just two months ago it is impossible to judge the impact this has made as yet.” |
Lancashire Evening Post 6th December 2011 OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONYLancashire’s newest railway station has been officially opened by a Government minister. It was also announced that an extra hourly train will stop at Buckshaw Parkway in Buckshaw Village on Sundays. The first passengers were picked up in October but a plaque to announce the formal opening has now been unveiled by Transport Minister Norman Baker MP. For the complete LEP article click here |
Lancashire Evening Post 3rd October 2011 BUCKSHAW RAILWAY STATION OPENSLancashire's new railway station, the Buckshaw Parkway station, has opened. The first train, the Blackpool North to Manchester Victoria, arrived at the Buckshaw village station at 06:58 BST. The £6.8m station was built on the former Royal Ordnance factory site at Euxton and it is estimated it will accommodate 450,000 passengers a year. County councillor Mark Perks said it was a very proud moment when the first train arrived at the station, which is between Leyland and Chorley. The Conservative councillor for Chorley North said: "There's not many new train stations in the country so to see one here in Chorley is absolutely fantastic." He said he hoped people would utilise the new station. "One of the beauties about this station is it is quite near the motorway network and the town centre and will serve a brand new community," he said. "I think people will start driving to the station or hopefully people will start walking here." The station is a joint venture between Chorley Council, Lancashire County Council, Northern Rail and Network Rail. The station, which has 200 free car parking spaces and bus and taxi drop-off points, is phasing in services until 17 October. There will be two services each hour in each direction during the day and one an hour in the evening. From 17 October there will be an extra stop each hour during the day and a second hourly stop in the evenings. |
Lancashire Evening Post 27th September 2011 ALL ABOARD AT BUCKSHAW STATIONThe first train travellers will pass through the new Buckshaw Village railway station from next week. Final work is underway on the new rail link at Buckshaw Village, near Chorley, ahead of an official opening next Monday. The £6.8m Buckshaw Parkway station will provide a direct link for residents to locations including Preston, Chorley, Blackpool and Manchester. Travel bosses met with local councillors yesterday to look around the new station, ticket office and waiting areas. Jo Kaye, Network Rail’s route director, said: “We’re delighted that the station is on schedule. “It will be a great addition to the network in Lancashire. “We’ve just got the final jobs to complete to make sure everything is ready for Monday.” The station is expected to serve up to 450,000 passengers a year. For the complete LEP article click here |
BBC NEWS 7th September 2011 BUCKSHAW STATION TO OPEN IN OCTOBERThe new railway station on the main Manchester to Preston line is due to open on 3 October. Construction work for Buckshaw Parkway railway station started earlier in the year and when it opens is expected to accommodate 450,000 passengers a year. For the complete BBC News article click here |
Rail.co 12th July 2011 BUCKSHAW VILLAGE RAIL BRIDGE MILESTONEWork to complete a new railway station for Buckshaw Village moved a step closer at the weekend when a footbridge to link the two platforms was lifted into place. In the early hours of Sunday morning (10 July 2011) the 24-metre pedestrian footbridge was hoisted into position by crane marking a key milestone in the development of Buckshaw Parkway. Work on site has been progressing since earlier in the year but the installation of the footbridge is the most visible element so far bringing the opening one step closer. Councillor Peter Goldsworthy, Leader of Chorley Council, said: “This is a key milestone of the Buckshaw Parkway development and it’s good to see work progressing well. “A lot of the work so far has been underground but as we start to see the larger structures being put in place it will show people that we are getting closer to the station being completed.” The station is a joint venture between Chorley Council, Lancashire County Council, Network Rail and rail operators Northern. It had always been an important part of the vision for Buckshaw Village which has been built on the site of the 395-acre former Royal Ordnance factory at Euxton. County Councillor Tim Ashton, Lancashire County Council’s cabinet member for highways and transport, added: “This station is a vital part of the Buckshaw Village development and will provide a direct rail link between Buckshaw and major cities across the North West. “It’s always an exciting time when ideas on paper start to become a reality and it’s great to see the development taking shape.” The construction of Buckshaw Parkway including a 150-metre long platform, 200 car parking spaces with bus and taxi drop-off points, a fully accessible station building and steel footbridge with lifts started in the winter. Network Rail route director Jo Kaye, said: “The installation of the bridge went to plan and we will now be concentrating on things such as platform surfacing and fitting out the station building.” The two platform station, on the same Manchester to Preston line as Chorley station, is expected to accommodate 450,000 passengers a year and will be operated by Northern Rail. The station is expected to open as planned in the autumn. |
Chorley Guardian 9th October 2010 BUCKSHAW TRAIN STATION ON TRACKPlans to build a brand new railway station between Chorley and Leyland are on track, and likely to be completed by autumn this year. The £6.8m development, called Buckshaw Parkway, in Buckshaw Village, will include a station, car park, passenger shelters and a ticket office. It has been on the cards for more than a decade, but it is only after the completion of extensive development of Buckshaw Village that it has come to fruition. The two-platform railway station will allow local residents to travel into Preston and Manchester by rail, without the need to go to Chorley or Leyland station, or drive to Horwich Parkway or Lostock, near Bolton. |
This is Lancashire 9th October 2010 WORK SET TO START ON NEW STATIONWork is set to get under way on the new multi-million pound Buckshaw Parkway railway station in Chorley. The new station which will serve Buckshaw Village is on track to be up and running by autumn 2011 now that contractors Volker Fitzpatrick have been given the green light. Councillor Peter Goldsworthy, Chorley Council leader said: “It had been hoped contractors would move on site in September to start the design part of the project but there has been a slight delay while all the legal agreements were put into place. “However, the important thing is that the station was due to open in autumn next year and that’s still the case. “It is important to get things right straight from the start and that has finally happened this week so the contractor is likely to move on site shortly. “Chorley Council has done as much as it can to make things run smoothly, the planning application was dealt with in just four weeks and we fast tracked the land searches doing them in two days rather than it taking weeks. “People have waited a long time for this so it is good that it is finally getting under way. It will be a huge asset for Buckshaw Village and the people of Chorley who choose to use it.” The £6.8million design and build project is a joint venture between Chorley Council, Lancashire County Council, Network Rail and rail operator Northern Rail. The new two platform station, on the same Manchester to Preston line as Chorley station, is expected to accommodate 450,000 passengers a year and will be operated by Northern Rail. County Councillor Tim Ashton, Lancashire County Council Cabinet member for highways and transport, said: "Rail connections are essential for people to be able to travel to access work and leisure opportunities - I'm very glad we’re now able to get underway with construction. "The new station will be a real asset to Lancashire and I look forward to seeing the project completed in just a few months' time – I’m sure Buckshaw Parkway will be very popular once it opens." There will be park and ride facilities on the northern side of the station offering free parking for 204 cars including 10 spaces for disabled parking, and ther will be a pedestrian access bridge linking the two platforms. Designers will move on site first carrying out site surveys with the diggers moving on later in the year. It had always been an important part of the vision for Buckshaw Village which is being built on the site of the 395-acre former Royal Ordnance factory at Euxton. Work started in 2002 to create the sustainable village of more than 2,000 homes, with employment areas, open spaces, a district shopping centre, a primary school, outdoor sports activities, footpaths and cycleways. |
Chorley People 20th August 2010 WORK TO START ON NEW STATIONWORK is set to start within the next few weeks on a long-awaited multi-million pound railway station for Chorley’s newest village. Contractors are due on site in September and the new station to serve Buckshaw Village is expected to be up and running by autumn 2011 after planning permission was granted by Chorley Council this week. Councillor Peter Goldsworthy, Chorley Council leader, said: “We are delighted that work will start on the new station so soon, the residents of Buckshaw Village have been waiting a long time. “It will be completed next year and with its park and ride facility will prove to be a huge asset for the Village, and for the people of Chorley who choose to use it, helping to create a truly sustainable community.” The station is a joint venture between Chorley Council, Lancashire County Council, Network Rail and rail operators Northern. It had always been an important part of the vision for Buckshaw Village which has been built on the site of the 395-acre former Royal Ordnance factory at Euxton. County Councillor Tim Ashton, Lancashire County Council's cabinet member for highways and transport, added: "I am delighted for the people of Buckshaw Village that they will soon have a new, state-of-the-art railway station. "Buckshaw Village is a vibrant, thriving community which I have no doubt will benefit enormously once the railway station is up and running." Work started in 2002 to create the sustainable village of more than 2,000 homes, with employment areas, open spaces, a district shopping centre, a primary school, outdoor sports activities, footpaths and cycleways. A planning application by Network Rail for a station was approved in 2008 but it was a revised plan submitted earlier this year which got the go ahead last week. The two platform station, on the same Manchester to Preston line as Chorley station, is expected to accommodate 450,000 passengers a year and will be operated by Northern Rail. There will be park and ride facilities on the northern side of the station offering free parking for 204 cars including 10 spaces for disabled parking, and there will be a pedestrian access bridge linking the two platforms. |
Lancashire Telegraph 9th August 2010 Buckshaw Village train station plans scaled downPLANS for a long-awaited railway station in a rapidly expanding Lancashire village have been scaled down with more than a third of park-and-ride spaces cut. Revised proposals for the long-awaited Buckshaw Parkway, which will serve Buckshaw Village, near Chorley, are set to go before planners August 17. The station would stand on the Manchester to Blackpool line, with passengers able to get to Blackburn, Burnley and beyond via Preston and Bolton. However concerns have been raised about changes made by Network Rail from the original plans. It was originally intended for the station to have 338 parking spaces on two car parks but Network Rail now said land earmarked for one of the parking areas was no longer available, cutting that figure to 204. The height of the station will be reduced to single storey, platform canopies will be removed and replaced with two waiting shelters and the 20m station footbridge will have a simpler straight design rather than curved. Coun Mark Perks, who represents the area on the county council, said: "Buckshaw Village deserves the best and most accessible public transport and I hope planners will look carefully at these proposals." Tony Phillips, 37, has lived in the village for two years and at the moment commutes by car to his civil service job in Preston. He said: “The village is crying out for a railway link and park-and ride facilities are the key to people like me using the service. “To lose more than a third of the car spaces planned sounds like it will mean a scramble to park there and could put people off.” In the planning document, which will go before councillors next week, Network Rail defends the changes. The firm said: “The changes are a more economical and effective layout while still providing a modern, functional and accessible station.” Original plans for Buckshaw station were to have it ready for 2004, but after a series of delays the opening was pushed back until 2008 and then summer 2011. After a shortfall in funding an additional £3.3m from the Community Investment Fund was secured to build the station last year. |
Chorley Guardian 19th July 2010 Buckshaw Village railway station delayed AGAINWork on a multi-million pound railway station planned for Buckshaw Village has been further delayed. Trains were expected to start calling at the state-of-the-art facility in 2004, but after a catalogue of setbacks the opening was pushed back until 2008 and then summer 2011. Now residents at a packed Buckshaw Village Community Association meeting have been told that they face an even longer wait after new plans had to be submitted to Chorley Council. The move comes after a shortage in funding meant that the designs for a ticket office had to be scaled back and council chiefs said they could not give a definite date for when it would open, but said it's now likely to be Autumn next year. Richard Watts, Rail Project manager for Lancashire County Council, said: "Funding for the project is available and so there shouldn't be an issue over the opening date. If we can make it earlier then we will, but it depends if we experience any delays with construction. I'm not going to be over optimistic and give a date that we can't achieve." Mr Watts said planning permission had already been secured for the £6.8m scheme, that will boast two platforms, waiting shelters, a bridge, lifts and staircase. But they have now had to submit fresh plans after scaling down the ticket office to one instead of two storeys. Caron Taylor from Chorley Council confirmed that they had received the plans earlier this month and said she expected a decision to be made by August. Chair of the community association, Brian Hann said: "Residents in Buckshaw Village are always concerned as there have been lots of promises about different schemes that have still to come to fruition. "For me, the railway station will be the final piece in the jigsaw as well as the retail area and it will help make the village sustainable. "All we ask is that everyone is open and honest with us about any delays and give us a full explanation of the reasons behind them." Chorley MP Lindsay Hoyle said: "I am obviously very disappointed at this news and the fact that the date for the opening of the train station continues to be put back. The extremely long initial delay resulted in a shortfall in funding and after I helped to secure an additional £3.3m from the Community Investment Fund, I had hoped that we finally had the green light for construction. I am sure residents and businesses in Buckshaw Village will share my frustrations and I am keen to work with Network Rail and the local authorities to ensure that progress is made and there are no further delays. |
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Lancashire Evening Post 25th August 2009 New railway station plans approvedPlans for a new railway station in Lancashire have been approved and building work could start as early as next year. Network Rail is building the station, which will include a park-and-ride facility, on land between Dawson Lane and Euxton Lane in Buckshaw Village between Chorley and Leyland. |
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