Little Sutton railway station

Little Sutton
Location
Place	Little Sutton, Cheshire
Local authority	Cheshire West and Chester
Coordinates	53°17′07″N 2°56′36″W / 53.2854°N 2.9433°WCoordinates: 53°17′07″N 2°56′36″W / 53.2854°N 2.9433°W
Grid reference	SJ372769
Operations
Station code	LTT
Managed by	Merseyrail
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	56,010
2005/06	49,925
2006/07	30,721
2007/08	36,185
2008/09	44,910
2009/10	106,302
2010/11	128,048
2011/12	114,892
2012/13	94,718
2013/14	137,136
2014/15	145,410
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	G1
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Little Sutton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Little Sutton railway station serves the village of Little Sutton, near Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England. It is situated on the Ellesmere Port branch of the Wirral Line, part of the Merseyrail network. The station is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.^[1] It became part of the Merseyrail network in 1994, when the branch from Hooton to Ellesmere Port was electrified by British Rail, and through train services to Liverpool via Birkenhead commenced.

As of 2013/14, Little Sutton is the least used station on the Merseyrail network.

Facilities

The station has platform CCTV.^[2] Each platform has a sheltered waiting area. There are electronic departure and arrival screens, on the platform, for passenger information. There is a payphone, next to the entrance, on platform 2.^[3] There is ramp access, to each platform, for passengers with wheelchairs or prams. However, cross-platform access, within the station, is by staircase only. Platform access has not been modernised to the standard of that at Hooton.

Little Sutton is one of four stations on the Merseyrail network that is Unstaffed, the others being Bache, Capenhurst and Overpool. Passengers purchase tickets from the Ticket Vending Machine located on the platform. This machine can issue tickets to any destination on the rail network. Passengers failing to purchase a ticket will be liable for a Penalty Fare if they board a Merseyrail service without obtaining a valid ticket. The station became part of the Merseyrail Penalty Fares Area on 15 June 2009.

Services

This station is served by trains bound for Liverpool Central and Ellesmere Port, with platform 1 serving Ellesmere Port bound services and platform 2 serving Liverpool bound services, and is classed by Merseyrail as part of the Ellesmere Port branch of the Wirral Line.

Services call at this station every thirty minutes or less, including Sundays.^[4] These services are all provided by Merseyrail's fleet of Class 507 and Class 508 EMUs.

Gallery

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  A Merseyrail Class 508 at the station, with a service to Liverpool.

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  The booking office, seen from the street.

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  A platform view of the booking office.

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  The footbridge.

References

1. Historic England, "Little Sutton Station (1104906)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 20 August 2013
2. Little Sutton train station facilities, Merseyrail Accessed 2014-01-30
3. Station Facilities for Little Sutton Accessed 2014-01-30
4. "Wirral Line timetable" (PDF). Merseyrail. Retrieved 2013-12-18.

External links

• Train times and station information for Little Sutton railway station from National Rail

• Station information for Little Sutton railway station from Merseyrail