The substantial street-level buildings built by the London & North Western Railway were also demolished in 1971, after being seriously damaged by fire.

The ticket office is open in the morning and early afternoon six days per week (06:25 to 12:55 weekdays, 07:25 to 13:55 Saturdays, closed Sundays).

Since December 2022, a limited weekday peak only service operates between Wigan North Western and Manchester Victoria that calls here.

[6] On Sundays, the service runs between Liverpool Lime Street and Wilmslow via Manchester Piccadilly and the Airport, though whilst Lime Street station was closed for remodelling in June and July 2018 a temporary timetable was in operation (with trains running between Huyton and Victoria only in the evening and at weekends).

[1] In May 2024, FirstGroup put forward a proposal for services through from Rochdale to London Euston via Warrington Bank Quay that would stop at Eccles.