Cocker Bar railway station was located in what is still open country where Cocker Bar Road (B5248) crosses what is now the Ormskirk Branch Line.The station is shown on a 1847 OS Map, although the line did not open for a further two years. The station was closed when Midge Hall station opened 47 chains (0.95 km) further north in 1859, shortly after the line was taken over by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.