It is a local station on the Blackpool North to Liverpool Lime Street route, on the stretch between Wigan and Preston.

The railway line between Wigan and Preston was opened by the North Union Railway (NUR) on 31 October 1838,[1] and among the original stations was one at Euxton, close to the Bay Horse public house on the south side of Euxton Lane.

The NUR was split up in 1889, part of it (including Euxton station) becoming wholly owned by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR).

[5] Balshaw Lane & Euxton station was closed by British Rail on 6 October 1969[3] as part of the Beeching review of the UK railway network.

In fact, when Euxton's other railway station eventually opened in October 2011, on the Manchester-Preston route, it was called Buckshaw Parkway.