TODAY’S picture will bring back memories for many readers.

It shows a train station which closed in 1966 as a result of the Beeching Report.

The report recommended taking an axe to about a third of the network — 5,000 miles of track, including hundreds of branch lines, 2,363 stations and tens of thousands of jobs.

The railway line between Bolton and Preston had opened as far as Rawlinson Bridge (between Adlington and Chorley) on February 4, 1841. On November 20, 1848, the Liverpool and Bury Railway was opened, giving a route between Bolton and Wigan, and the point where it connected to the Bolton and Preston line was named Lostock Junction.

Later, a station was constructed at the junction, also named Lostock Junction, which opened around August 1852. The station gave its name to the village which grew around it. This station had platforms on both the Preston and Wigan routes.

Lostock Station reopened on May 16, 1988 and renamed Lostock Parkway, although the Parkway part of the name was eventually dropped.

Do you have railway memories to share with us? Get in touch with Gayle McBain on 01204 537269 or email gayle.mcbain@nqnw.co.uk