Hag Fold railway station

Hag Fold
General information
Location	Atherton, Wigan England
Grid reference	SD673042
Managed by	Northern Trains
Transit authority	Transport for Greater Manchester
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	HGF
Classification	DfT category E
History
Opened	11 May 1987
Passengers
2018/19	44,888
2019/20	48,138
2020/21	15,112
2021/22	46,894
2022/23	54,040
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Hag Fold railway station is one of the local stations that lie on the Atherton line, between Wigan and Manchester, England. The station is located 13 miles (20 km) west of Manchester Victoria with regular Northern Trains services to these towns as well as Salford, Swinton, Walkden and Hindley.

The station was built in 1987 by British Rail to serve the Hag Fold estate in Atherton, and is only staffed during the morning and lunchtime period (06:25 to 12:55, weekdays only). Improvement works to the station are planned, in order to replace the flimsy platforms which have begun to suffer from considerable wear and tear and vandalism.

There is step-free access to each platform via inclined ramps. Shelters, digital display screens and timetable poster boards are located on each side; there is also a P.A system provided to supply automated train running announcements.^[1]