Chorley railway station serves the town of Chorley in Lancashire, England. Since 2004 it has been linked with Chorley Interchange bus and coach station. It is on the Manchester–Preston line. History of the station The current railway station is a modern version from the 1980s that was built on top of the original station. The level of the old platforms can be seen under the existing station's two platforms which are connected by underpass. The initial station was opened on 22 December 1841 by the Bolton and Preston Railway (which later became part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway) and was subsequently served by the Lancashire Union Railway between St Helens, and from 1869. Passenger trains over this route (between Blackburn & Wigan) were however withdrawn in January 1960. Further work was done in 2016 and 2017 in connection with the electrification of the line between Euxton Junction and Manchester. The level crossing at the south end of the station was removed and the signal box was moved to the Ribble Steam Railway at Preston . Current station facilities Platform to platform connection is via a stepped subway. Wheelchair users may exit the station and use the sloped public footpath subway (Chorley FP 32) immediately to the south, this emerges at the foot of the Railway Pub, access is then via an entry off Friday Street. There are no toilets on the station and the nearest ones are in the bus station across the road. Chorley's rail services provide a link for the commuters of Lancashire to Preston, Manchester and Bolton. A chargeable railway car park is available to the south of the station with car parking tickets available for purchase from the station ticket office. Ticket purchase & collection machines are available, two on Platform 2 (Manchester bound), and two in the ticket office. The ticket office is staffed 0625 - 1900 on weekdays, 0625 - 2100 on Saturdays and 0830 - 1900 on Sundays. It was announced by the Department for Transport in December 2009, the line between Preston and Manchester, on which Chorley is situated, would be electrified which would reduce journey times to Manchester by up to ten minutes. Timetabled electric services began with the May 2019 timetable, training and introductory services had been running from February 2019. Services All trains that stop at Chorley station are operated by Northern Trains Northbound 2tph to (1tph on