Wavertree Technology Park railway station

Wavertree Technology Park
Location
Place	Wavertree
Local authority	Liverpool
Grid reference	SJ387902
Operations
Station code	WAV
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	0.369 million
2011/12	0.367 million
2012/13	0.342 million
2013/14	0.468 million
2014/15	0.458 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	C1
History
2000	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 Wavertree Technology Park from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Wavertree Technology Park railway station is in the suburbs of Liverpool in the north west of England. The station, and all services calling there, are operated by Northern. The station opened on 13 August 2000,^[1] at a cost of £2 million.

The lines through the station have had overhead electrification installed, which began use from 5 March 2015,^[2] as part of the electrification of George Stephenson's Liverpool and Manchester Railway line, upon which the station is situated, and the branch off the line to Wigan. The station is also situated at the western end of Olive Mount cutting, and has the distinction of being the newest station on the oldest timetabled passenger railway line in the world.

Services

There are 5 trains per hour in each direction (Mon-Sat) and all services are operated by Northern:^[3]

Eastbound

• 1tph to Manchester Victoria
• 1tph to Warrington Bank Quay
• 1tph to Manchester Airport
• 2tph to Wigan North Western

Westbound

• 5tph to Liverpool Lime Street

Gallery

• 
  The station during the evening.
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  A Northern Rail Class 156 waits at the station.
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  The view towards the Olive Mount cutting.
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  Platform information and signage.

References

1. "Railway Stations Opened". trundleage.co.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
2. "Better rail services become a reality between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Airport station". Network Rail Media Centre. Network Rail. 5 March 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
3. GB eNRT December 2015 Edition, Table 90 (Network Rail)

External links

• Train times and station information for Wavertree Technology Park railway station from National Rail

Coordinates: 53°24′22″N 2°55′26″W / 53.406°N 2.924°W