Eccleston Park railway station explained

Eccleston Park
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Eccleston Park, St Helens
Country:England
Coordinates:53.4307°N -2.7805°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:Northern Trains
Platforms:2
Code:ECL
Zone:A2
Classification:DfT category E
Transit Authority:Merseytravel
Original:London and North Western Railway
Pregroup:London and North Western Railway
Postgroup:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Events1:Station opened
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Eccleston Park railway station serves the Eccleston Park area of St Helens, Merseyside, England. It is situated on the electrified Merseytravel Liverpool to Wigan City Line, NaNmiles northeast of Liverpool Lime Street. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern Trains, however the station is branded Merseytravel using Merseytravel ticketing. It was opened by the London & North Western Railway in July 1891.

Electrification of this line was given the go-ahead in November 2010. On 17 May 2015, electric train services began on the Liverpool to Wigan line, operating Class 319 electric multiple units.

Facilities

Though run by Northern Trains, it is within the Merseytravel area and thus has a ticket office that is staffed throughout the hours of service each day (05:50-23:30 Mondays to Saturdays; closed Sundays). This is located in the main building on platform 1, along with a waiting room whilst there is a shelter on platform 2. Train running information is provided via customer help points, PIS screens and timetable poster boards on each platform. Step-free access is available to both platforms via ramps.[1]

Services

During Monday to Saturday daytimes, Eccleston Park is served by trains every 30 minutes each way between Liverpool Lime Street and .

Since 10 December 2017, there has been an hourly service on Sundays, to northbound and Liverpool Lime Street southbound.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/ecl/details.html Eccleston Park station facilities
  2. Web site: City Line Book 4 from 10 December 2017 to 19 May 2018 . Merseytravel . 6 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171206153102/http://www.merseytravel.gov.uk/travelling-around/timetables/train-timetables/Documents/City%20Line%20Book%204%20from%2010%20December%202017%20to%2019%20May%202018.pdf . 6 December 2017 . dead .