Ormskirk railway station
Ormskirk 
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A view of the Merseyrail end of the platform.
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| Location | |
| Place | Ormskirk |
| Local authority | West Lancashire |
| Coordinates | 53°34′09″N 2°52′52″W / 53.5692°N 2.8811°WCoordinates: 53°34′09″N 2°52′52″W / 53.5692°N 2.8811°W |
| Grid reference | SD417084 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | OMS |
| Managed by | Merseyrail |
| Number of platforms | 1 (split into two ends) |
| DfT category | D |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.715 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.727 million |
| 2013/14 |
2.059 million |
| 2014/15 |
2.096 million |
| 2015/16 |
2.163 million |
| – Interchange | 49,461 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Merseytravel |
| Zone | F |
| History | |
| Original company | Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
| Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway |
| 2 April 1849 | Opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ormskirk from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Ormskirk railway station in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England, is an interchange between Merseyrail services from Liverpool Central and Northern services from Preston on the Ormskirk branch line, 12 3⁄4 miles (20.5 km) northeast of Liverpool. The station building and three arch road bridge are both Grade II listed structures.
The station was built by the East Lancashire Railway's Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Junction section, and opened on 2 April 1849. From 13 May 1859, the station was owned by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. From 1 January 1923 the station was owned by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. British Railways nationalised all railways on 1 January 1948 and the station became part of the London Midland Region.
A branch line to Rainford Junction via Skelmersdale was opened by the ELR in March 1858 shortly before it was absorbed by the L&YR – this left the main line to Preston just to the north of the station. The line from Liverpool was subsequently electrified in 1913, with the suburban EMUs using a bay platform at the southern end of the station to keep them clear of the busy main line to Preston, which was used as the L&Y's principle route to East Lancashire, the Fylde, Cumbria and Scotland.
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