West Allerton railway station

West Allerton
Location
Place	Allerton
Local authority	Liverpool
Coordinates	53°22′11″N 2°54′27″W / 53.3696°N 2.9075°WCoordinates: 53°22′11″N 2°54′27″W / 53.3696°N 2.9075°W
Grid reference	SJ397862
Operations
Station code	WSA
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	4
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	23,291
2005/06	28,843
2006/07	28,084
2007/08	26,936
2008/09	36,874
2009/10	40,478
2010/11	46,098
2011/12	46,556
2012/13	45,966
2013/14	92,710
2014/15	93,352
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseyside
Zone	C1
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at West Allerton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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West Allerton railway station serves the suburb of Allerton, Liverpool in the north west of England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern.

History

The station opened on 2 January 1939. Allerton station was to the south, which closed in 2005 to make way for Liverpool South Parkway which opened the following year.

Facilities

There are four platforms, two of which, platforms 1 and 2, are located on the fast lines and are where most trains stop. Platforms 3 and 4 are on the slow lines and are used infrequently, mainly where faster services are booked to overtake stopping services on this stretch of line (This is most common in the Liverpool-bound direction). The platform layout consists of three structures:

• Platform 1 - single faced, on the Up Fast line.
• Platform 2-3 - double faced, between the Down Fast line & Up Slow lines.
• Platform 4 - single faced, on the Down Slow line.

All platforms have a basic glass and metal shelter approximately halfway along; the central island platform (2-3) is fully enclosed, whereas the outer platforms have single sided ones. Help points are provided for emergency use and for train running information.

The station building on the over bridge has a staffed booking office that is open during hours when trains are serving the station, this is operated by Northern the station operator.

Services

Services are roughly half-hourly in each direction, towards Mossley Hill and Liverpool Lime Street to the west and towards Liverpool South Parkway and Manchester Oxford Road in the east. In the evenings and on Sundays the frequency is hourly in each direction.

xx:06 and xx:37 to Manchester Oxford Road via Warrington Central (Northern Rail)

xx:11 and xx:39 to Liverpool Lime Street (Northern Rail)

The stopping pattern varies between departures, with one eastbound train calling at all stations to Warrington but limited stops thereafter, whilst the other serves principal stations only to Warrington but most stops beyond. All westbound trains call at Mossley Hill, but only the xx:39 calls at Edge Hill.^[1]

The former stopping service to/from Crewe that served the station in British Rail days (1980s and early 1990s) no longer operates - the replacement offered by Central Trains and then London Midland now runs express to/from Liverpool South Parkway (where passengers now have to change) and on to Birmingham New Street.^[2]

References

1. GB National Rail Timetable December 2015, Table 89 (Network Rail)
2. GB National Rail Timetable December 2015, Table 91 (Network Rail)

Gallery

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  Station building on Booker Avenue
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  View from top of steps
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  Seating on the island platform
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  Looking towards the footbridge
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  Looking towards platform 4 from the island platform
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  150203 at platform 1 en route to Manchester

External links

• Train times and station information for West Allerton railway station from National Rail