Orrell Park railway station

Orrell Park National Rail
Location
Place Orrell Park
Local authority Liverpool
Coordinates 53°27′43″N 2°57′46″W / 53.4620°N 2.9628°W / 53.4620; -2.9628Coordinates: 53°27′43″N 2°57′46″W / 53.4620°N 2.9628°W / 53.4620; -2.9628
Grid reference SJ361965
Operations
Station code OPK
Managed by Merseyrail
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 Decrease 1.089 million
2013/14 Decrease 1.031 million
2014/15 Increase 1.040 million
2015/16 Decrease 1.032 million
2016/17 Increase 1.057 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE Merseytravel
Zone C1
History
Original company Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
19 November 1906 (1906-11-19) Opened as Orrell Park Halt
after 1948 Renamed Orrell Park
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Orrell Park from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Orrell Park railway station is a railway station in Orrell Park, Liverpool, England. The station was opened in 1906 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, and was originally named Orrell Park Halt; this was simplified to Orrell Park by British Rail.[1] It is located to the north of the city centre. It also serves the nearby district of Orrell. It is on the Ormskirk branch of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line.

Orrell Park is the most convenient station for the Walton Vale shopping area.

Facilities

As with most Merseyrail stations, it has a ticket office that is fully staffed from start of service until after the last train has left (closing shortly after midnight). There is also a ticket machine available. There is a refreshment vending machine provided and waiting shelters on each platform, with train running information provided by automated announcements and digital display screens. The ramps to the platform and the footbridge both have steps, but there is a lift available for disabled passengers.[2]

Services

Trains operate every 15 minutes (Monday to Saturday daytime) between Ormskirk and Liverpool Central, and every 30 minutes at other times.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 178. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  2. ↑ Orrell Park station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 13 December 2016
  3. ↑ Table 105 National Rail timetable, December 2016
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Aintree
towards Ormskirk		   Merseyrail
Northern Line		   Walton
towards Liverpool Central


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