Hoscar railway station
When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways until the privatisation of British Rail.The station once boasted a goods yard which was used by local farmers to get their crops to the markets of Wigan, Manchester and Southport quickly.The cameras were installed as the level crossing is an automatic half barrier (AHB) type.[4] Hoscar has similar amenities to neighbouring New Lane and Bescar Lane, with no permanent buildings other than simple shelters (the old station house is still extant but in private ownership) and staggered platforms either side of an automatic level crossing.[6] Due to these infrequent services, it has been recognized as the least used station in Lancashire,[7] only receiving 956 entries/exists in the 2019/20 period (March 2019-April 2020).