Overpool railway station

Overpool
Location
Place	Overpool
Local authority	Cheshire West and Chester
Coordinates	53°17′02″N 2°55′30″W / 53.284°N 2.925°WCoordinates: 53°17′02″N 2°55′30″W / 53.284°N 2.925°W
Grid reference	SJ384767
Operations
Station code	OVE
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	57,735
2005/06	50,627
2006/07	26,995
2007/08	33,929
2008/09	39,606
2009/10	104,290
2010/11	123,462
2011/12	118,564
2012/13	99,600
2013/14	143,286
2014/15	153,570
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 Overpool from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Overpool railway station serves the central area of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England. It is situated on the Ellesmere Port branch of the Wirral Line, part of the Merseyrail network.

It became part of the Merseyrail network in 1994, when the branch from Hooton to Ellesmere Port was electrified, and through train services to Liverpool via Birkenhead commenced.

Facilities

The station has platform CCTV.^[1] Each platform has a sheltered waiting area. There are live electronic departure and arrival screens, on the platform, for passenger information. There is a payphone, next to the entrance, on platform 1.^[2] There is ramp access, to each platform, from the Overpool Road bridge, for passengers with wheelchairs or prams. Platform access has not been modernised to the standard of that at Hooton.

Overpool is one of four stations on the Merseyrail network that is unstaffed, the others being Bache, Capenhurst and Little Sutton. 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.

This station became part of the Merseyrail Penalty Fares Area on 15 June 2009.

Services

Overpool is served by trains every 30 minutes (all day every day, including Sundays) between Ellesmere Port and Liverpool.^[3] These services are all provided by Merseyrail's fleet of Class 507 and Class 508 EMUs.

Gallery

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  A Class 508 arrives with a service to Liverpool.

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  The station platforms.

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  The entrance ramp to one of the platforms.

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  The platforms and footbridge.

References

1. Overpool train station facilities, Merseyrail Accessed 2014-01-30
2. Station Facilities for Overpool Accessed 2014-01-30
3. "Wirral Line timetable" (PDF). Merseyrail. Retrieved 2013-12-18.

External links

• Train times and station information for Overpool railway station from National Rail

• Station information for Overpool railway station from Merseyrail