Whiston railway station

Whiston
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Location
Place	Whiston
Local authority	Knowsley
Grid reference	SJ471910
Operations
Station code	WHN
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.117 million
2005/06	0.124 million
2006/07	0.136 million
2007/08	0.147 million
2008/09	0.217 million
2009/10	0.214 million
2010/11	0.243 million
2011/12	0.242 million
2012/13	0.223 million
2013/14	0.371 million
2014/15	0.361 million
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.
UK Railways portal

Whiston railway station serves the village of Whiston in Merseyside, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern Rail. It lies on the northern route of the Liverpool to Manchester Line, the original Liverpool and Manchester Railway. It opened in October 1990 by British Rail, at a cost of £420,000.

Services

Whiston is served by Northern Rail services between Liverpool Lime Street and either Manchester Victoria or Warrington Bank Quay every half hour on Monday to Saturday daytimes. Some trains formerly continued beyond Manchester to destinations such as Stalybridge or Huddersfield, prior to the May 2014 timetable change. In the evenings there is an hourly service to Manchester Victoria & Liverpool.

On Sundays, trains run once per hour between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Piccadilly (instead of Victoria), and continue to Manchester Airport.

Following completion of electrification of the line in Spring 2015, the Liverpool to Manchester Airport and Liverpool to Manchester Victoria services are now operated by 4-Car Class 319 Electric Units.

Gallery

• Entrance, Whiston railway station (geograph 3819373).jpg

  The station booking office and entrance.

• Northern Rail Class 142, 142054, Whiston railway station (geograph 3819364).jpg

  A northern Rail Class 142 waits at the station.

• Waiting shelter, Whiston railway station (geograph 3819347).jpg

  One of the platform waiting shelters.

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  A DB Schenker Class 60 passes through the station with a freight train.

External links

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Huyton		Northern Electrics Liverpool to Manchester Line		Rainhill