| Whiston | |
| Symbol Location: | gb |
| Symbol: | rail |
| Borough: | Whiston, Knowsley |
| Country: | England |
| Grid Name: | Grid reference |
| Manager: | Northern Trains |
| Platforms: | 2 |
| Code: | WHN |
| Zone: | A3/C2/C3 |
| Classification: | DfT category E |
| Transit Authority: | Merseytravel |
| Years: | 10 September 1990 |
| Events: | Opened |
| Footnotes: | Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Whiston railway station serves the village of Whiston in Merseyside, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern Trains. It lies on the electrified northern route of the Liverpool to Manchester Line, the original Liverpool and Manchester Railway NaNmiles east of Liverpool Lime Street. It was opened on 10 September 1990 by British Rail, at a cost of £420,000.
The station is staffed throughout the day, from 06:00 to 23:55 Mondays through to Saturdays and 08:40 to midnight on Sundays. The ticket office is on the Liverpool-bound platform. There are also waiting shelters, help points, timetable poster boards and digital information screens on each platform. Both platforms have step-free access, as has the connecting bridge between them.[1]
Whiston is served by Northern.
The station receives an hourly service to Liverpool Lime Street and an hourly service to Manchester Airport. There is a daily train to Wigan North Western, and some peak hour services to Manchester Victoria.
On Sundays, trains run once per hour between Liverpool Lime Street and Wilmslow via Manchester Airport.
Services are operated mainly using Class 323s & Class 331s.