Time is standing still for Bolton's rail passengers.

The ornate clock, which stands in its own terracotta and stone tower at the entrance to the train station, is literally stuck in time, with all four clockfaces always showing the time as 5.10.

And it seems the clockface will remain frozen in time as it is unclear who is responsible for the maintenance of the device.

When the Bolton News approached Transport for Greater Manchester, Northern Rail and Bolton Council for clarification on the situation and to see if the situation could be rectified each of them said it did not fall within their remit.

The clock’s is a local landmark visible from Trinity Street which is a main road into the town.

The clock froze in time previously a number of years beginning in 2002.

The hands did not move at all until 2007.

On that occasion as a £30,000 restoration project was concluded an internal rotting mechanism was corrected and the clock began to tell the time once more.

In 2014 an even stranger phenomenon occurred as the clock began to go backwards.

The tower was built at part of the old Trinity Street Building in 1999 but moved to its current location when the station was rebuilt in 1987.

The restoration work which got it going in 2007 also coincided with the 30th anniversary of it being relocated to its current spot.

The clock  was originally sited on top of the old railway station on the other side of Trinity Street.

It was removed brick by brick, and rebuilt on its current site next to the bus station as part of a £3 million replacement of the bus and rail interchange in 1986.

During the move, the clock mechanism was found to be damaged beyond repair and it was replaced.

But with no organisation admitting it is responsible for the clock it is unclear when its hands will move again.