[5] Construction was expected to begin in early 2010 and be completed in the same year,[2] but a further funding shortfall resulted in the designs for the ticket office being scaled down.

[8] The first train arrived on time with journalists from a local paper, the Chorley Guardian, seeking interviews with waiting passengers.

[7] Both platforms are fully accessible (via lifts), with train running information offered via digital CIS displays, automated announcements and timetable posters.

First TransPennine Express used to run the service from Manchester Airport to Blackpool North but this was passed on to the new Northern franchise on 1 April 2016.

Between May 2018 - May 2019, the current local stopping service from Manchester Victoria to Blackpool was temporarily curtailed here on weekdays (through running still applied during the evening) due to ongoing delays with the electrification work on the Manchester to Preston route (which was running two years behind schedule because of problems erecting electrification masts at several locations along the line).

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