Bescar Lane railway station
| General information | |||||
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| Location | Scarisbrick, West Lancashire England | ||||
| Grid reference | SD396145 | ||||
| Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | BES | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 9 April 1855 | ||||
| Original company | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and East Lancashire Railway jointly | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 | 2,364 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 572 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 2,516 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 2,190 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 2,304 | ||||
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Bescar Lane railway station is on the Manchester to Southport Line, 4+1⁄2 miles (7.2 km) east of Southport in the village of Scarisbrick. Bescar Lane is an old cottage-style station, operated by Northern Trains. Its remote location, some distance from the centre of Scarisbrick Parish, is considered to be "problematic".