Warrington West railway station explained

Warrington West
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Great Sankey, Warrington
Country:England
Coordinates:53.3937°N -2.6369°W
Owned:Network Rail
Operator:Northern Trains
Platforms:2
Tracks:2
Code:WAW
Original:Network Rail
Years1:16 December 2019
Events1:Opened
Map Type:United Kingdom Cheshire
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Warrington West is a railway station on the Liverpool–Manchester line. The station, situated 17miles east of Liverpool Lime Street, serves the civil parish of Great Sankey, Warrington in Cheshire, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

It is served by bus services and has parking for 287 cars.[1] The station is located west of Warrington on the existing southern Liverpool–Manchester line, between and Warrington Central.

History

Warrington Borough Council applied for funding from the Government's New Stations Fund but the bid failed.[2] However, the council secured part of the funding through other sources and a planning application was approved in 2015, and it was hoped that construction could begin in 2016, until Network Rail increased the estimated cost by £4 million. A fresh bid to the New Stations Fund was successful, and the station opened on 16 December 2019.[3] [4]

Services

Services at Warrington West are operated by Northern Trains and TransPennine Express.

As of December 2022, the station is served by an hourly stopping service between and, as well as an hourly service between and Liverpool Lime Street which runs semi-fast from Warrington West. These services combine to give the station an off-peak service of two trains per hour in each direction.[5] On Sundays, this is reduced to an hourly stopping service between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Oxford Road.

The station is also served by three trains per day between and Liverpool Lime Street, operated by TransPennine Express. These trains run non-stop to and from .[6] On Sundays, most TransPennine Express services call at the station, providing a roughly hourly service in each direction.

Notes and References

  1. News: Warrington West railway station concerns raised by residents . Warrington Guardian. 18 July 2016 . 23 July 2015 .
  2. News: First look at new Warrington station . Warrington Guardian. 30 May 2013.
  3. News: Topping . Stephen . This is when Warrington's new station will finally open . 16 August 2019 . chesterchronicle . 10 August 2019.
  4. News: Warrington West: Town's new £20.5m railway station opens . BBC . 16 December 2019 . 17 December 2019 .
  5. Web site: Timetable N16: Liverpool to Manchester via Warrington Central. Northern Trains. 1 March 2023.
  6. Web site: Train times: South TransPennine. TransPennine Express. 1 March 2023.