Glazebrook railway station

Glazebrook National Rail
Location
Place Glazebrook
Local authority Warrington
Coordinates 53°25′42″N 2°27′35″W / 53.4282°N 2.4598°W / 53.4282; -2.4598Coordinates: 53°25′42″N 2°27′35″W / 53.4282°N 2.4598°W / 53.4282; -2.4598
Grid reference SJ694924
Operations
Station code GLZ
Managed by Northern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Increase 49,524
2013/14 Increase 54,548
2014/15 Decrease 49,442
2015/16 Decrease 48,380
2016/17 Decrease 47,032
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE Greater Manchester
History
Key dates Opened 1873 (1873)
Original company Cheshire Lines Committee
Pre-grouping CLC
Post-grouping CLC
2 September 1873 Station 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 Glazebrook from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Glazebrook railway station is in the Warrington unitary authority in the north west of England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern. The station is 9.9 miles (16 km) west of Manchester Oxford Road on the Manchester to Liverpool Line.

History

Lines around Glazebrook & Partington in 1907.

Glazebrook station was formerly located between two junctions, Glazebrook West[1] for the Wigan Junction Railways to Wigan Central and St Helens Central, services to those stations ceasing in 1964 and 1952 respectively;[2] and Glazebrook East Junction for the line to Stockport Tiviot Dale via Skelton Junction, passenger services to there ceased in 1964. East of Glazebrook there is the only passing loop east of Warrington, used regularly for late running fast trains to pass local services.

The station building, opened on 2 September 1873,[3] is of typical Cheshire Lines Committee design. The ticket office is open weekday mornings only (07:10 -10:10).[4] Although this station is not within the Greater Manchester area, it does mark the western boundary of the range of rail tickets produced by Transport for Greater Manchester. Level access to the platform is available on the Liverpool-bound side; the opposite side is accessed via a long ramp but neither side is listed as step-free by National Rail Enquiries.

Services

Down goods train on Cheshire Lines at Glazebrook in 1957

Daytime services are roughly two hourly towards Birchwood and Liverpool Lime Street and two hourly towards Irlam and Manchester Oxford Road. Against the trend, evening services are in fact more frequent than during the day (roughly hourly, though most services run to/from Warrington Central only).[5] There are additional peak services but no Sunday services (nearest stations with Sunday services are Irlam or Birchwood).

A summary of services is:

  • 12 services towards Manchester Oxford Road
  • 10 services towards Liverpool Lime Street
  • 3 services towards Warrington Central

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hay 1984, p. 88.
  2. ↑ Sweeney 2013, pp. 15–19
  3. ↑ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 104. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  4. ↑ Glazebrook station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 12 December 2016
  5. ↑ Table 89 National Rail timetable, December 2016

Sources

  • Hay, Peter (1984). Pre-grouping trains on British Railways : the LNER companies. Poole: Oxford Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-86093-315-1.
  • Sweeney, Dennis J (2013). The Wigan Junction Railways. Leigh: Triangle Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9550030-5-9.
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Birchwood   Northern
Manchester to Liverpool Line		   Irlam
Disused railways
Padgate
Line and station open		   Cheshire Lines Committee
Glazebrook East Junction to Skelton Junction Line		   Cadishead
Line and station closed
Newchurch Halt
Line and station closed		   Great Central Railway
Wigan Junction Railways		   Irlam
Line and station open
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