Bescar Lane railway station
Bescar Lane 
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| Location | |
| Place | Scarisbrick |
| Local authority | West Lancashire |
| Grid reference | SD396145 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BES |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 3,514 |
| 2012/13 |
 3,982 |
| 2013/14 |
3,146 |
| 2014/15 |
2,934 |
| 2015/16 |
3,946 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 9 April 1855 |
| Original company | Manchester and Southport Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bescar Lane from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Bescar Lane railway station is on the Manchester to Southport Line, 4.5 miles (7.2 km) east of Southport in the village of Scarisbrick. Bescar Lane is an old cottage-style station, operated by the Northern franchise. Its remote location, some distance from the centre of Scarisbrick Parish, is considered "problematical".
Bescar Lane station was built by the Manchester and Southport Railway and opened on 9 April 1855, and from January 1885 was part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR). The station had the distinction of being the lowest station on that network, situated 12.5 feet (3.8 m) above sea-level. The L&YR amalgamated with the London and North Western Railway on 1 January 1922 and in turn was grouped into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1923. Nationalisation followed in 1948. Part of the line running from Bescar Lane en route to Southport through Blowick and St Luke's closed in 1965 (as part of the Beeching Axe), forcing trains to divert through Meols Cop on a section of the old Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway. When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways until the privatisation of British Rail.
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