Whiston railway station
Whiston | |
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Location | |
Place | Whiston |
Local authority | Knowsley |
Grid reference | SJ471910 |
Operations | |
Station code | WHN |
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 |
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2013/14 |
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2014/15 |
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2015/16 |
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2016/17 |
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Passenger Transport Executive | |
PTE | Merseytravel |
Zone | A3/C2/C3 |
History | |
1990 | 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 Whiston from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Whiston railway station serves the village of Whiston in Merseyside, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern. It lies on the electrified northern route of the Liverpool to Manchester Line, the original Liverpool and Manchester Railway 7 1⁄2 miles (12 km) east of Liverpool Lime Street. It was opened in October 1990 by British Rail, at a cost of £420,000.
Facilities
The station is staffed throughout the day, from 06:00 to 23:55 Mondays through to Saturdays and 08:40 to midnight on Sundays. The ticket office is on the Liverpool-bound platform. There are also waiting shelters, help points, timetable poster boards and digital information screens on each platform. Both platforms have step-free access, as has the connecting bridge between them.[1]
Services
Whiston is served by Northern services between Liverpool Lime Street and either Crewe via Manchester Airport or Warrington Bank Quay every half-hour on Monday to Saturday daytimes. In the evenings there is an hourly service to Wilmslow via the Airport & Liverpool.[2] Local trains to Manchester Victoria now only run at peak periods and early mornings/late evenings.
On Sundays, trains run once per hour between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Airport and Wilmslow.
Following completion of electrification of the line in Spring 2015, the Liverpool to Manchester Airport, Liverpool to Manchester Victoria and Liverpool to Warrington Bank Quay services are now operated by 4-Car Class 319 Electric Units.
Gallery
- The station booking office and entrance.
- A northern Rail Class 142 waits at the station.
- One of the platform waiting shelters.
- A DB Schenker Class 60 passes through the station with a freight train.
References
- ↑ Whiston station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 22 December 2016
- ↑ Table 90 National Rail timetable, May 2018
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Whiston railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Whiston railway station from National Rail
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Huyton | Northern Liverpool to Manchester Line |
Rainhill |