[1] In 1834 the WBR became part of the North Union Railway (NUR) and they doubled the track in time for the opening of the line northwards to Preston in 1838.
[3] On the L&MR intermediate stopping places were neither advertised nor provided with facilities, they were mostly situated at level crossings where a policeman or gateman was permanently on duty, passengers wishing to use the stopping place informed the staff who signalled the requirement to stop to the train crew, [4][5] The WBR had one crossing on the level, at Golborne, 1 mile 72 chains (3.1 km) from Parkside,[a][6] where the Warrington to Wigan turnpike crossed the railway at a gated level crossing known as Golborne Gates and this would have been an identified stopping place on the line and therefore may have operated as a station in the same way as on the L&MR.
[b][9][11] By 1847 the station was known as Golborne and it appeared in Bradshaw in a route-table with times for the trains shown.
[c][12] As late as 1849 the OS map shows the level crossing but no station or structure.
The building was a two-storey brick-built building accessed from the bridge with the booking hall at road level, steps went down to each platform, the west-side platform steps descending from a pedestrian bridge crossing the lines.
[7] There were two signal boxes in the station vicinity one to the south west of the running lines that controlled the goods yard, and one to the north of the eastern platform, between the slow and fast lines, which controlled access to Golborne Colliery.
In November 2024, plans were submitted to build a two-platform station at a cost of £32 million.