Train running information is provided by timetable posters and telephone, as well as newly installed electronic displays in the waiting shelters on both platforms.

Saturday and Sunday services were replaced by buses most weekends from May 2015 until November 2018 due to late-running electrification work on the route.

Since May 2022, it has received an hourly service between Blackpool North and Manchester Airport, which increases to half-hourly during peak times.

[6] The majority of services on the Manchester - Blackpool route are operated by six-carriage (3+3) Class 331 units, and until mid-2023, only the front four coaches could fit on the platforms.

[7] There have been many delays, but completion was in December 2018 when test trains (Virgin Pendolino) finally ran between Preston and Manchester.