Ellesmere Port railway station
Ellesmere Port  | |
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 A Merseyrail Class 507 at the station. | |
| Location | |
| Place | Ellesmere Port |
| Local authority | Cheshire West and Chester |
| Coordinates | 53°16′56″N 2°53′46″W / 53.2821°N 2.8962°W / 53.2821; -2.8962Coordinates: 53°16′56″N 2°53′46″W / 53.2821°N 2.8962°W / 53.2821; -2.8962 |
| Grid reference | SJ403764 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | ELP |
| Managed by | Merseyrail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2013/14 |  0.396 million |
| – Interchange |  380 |
| 2014/15 | 0.403 million |
| – Interchange | 731 |
| 2015/16 | 0.391 million |
| – Interchange | 1,376 |
| 2016/17 | 0.363 million |
| – Interchange | 888 |
| 2017/18 | 0.289 million |
| – Interchange | 1,500 |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Merseytravel |
| Zone | G1 |
| History | |
| 1 July 1863 | opened as Whitby Locks |
| 1 September 1870 | renamed Ellesmere Port |
National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ellesmere Port from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Ellesmere Port railway station is located in the town of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England. It is the terminal station of two lines on separate rail networks. The station is one of the termini of the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network. The station is also the terminus of Northern's Ellesmere Port to Warrington Bank Quay line. Departures and arrivals of Merseyrail services are on platform 1 with departures and arrivals for the Warrington Bank Quay Line on platform 2.
Contents
1 History
2 Facilities
3 Services
4 Gallery
5 See also
6 References
6.1 Notes
6.2 Sources
7 Further reading
8 External links
History
The station is situated on the branch of the Birkenhead Railway from Hooton to Helsby which opened in 1863. The station itself opened on 1 July 1863, as Whitby Locks.[1] It was renamed Ellesmere Port on 1 September 1870.[1] The station building is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[2]
Ellesmere Port became part of the Merseyrail network in 1994, when the line from Hooton was electrified by British Rail and through train services to Liverpool's city centre via Birkenhead commenced.
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, Long Term Rail Strategy document of October 2017, page 37, states that a trial of new Merseyrail battery trains will be undertaken in 2020, in view to extend the Wirral Line branch terminal to Helsby. If successful, Helsby will be one of the terminals of the Wirral line superseding Ellesmere Port. [3]
Facilities
The station is staffed from Monday to Friday, between 06:05 and 14:00, and is unstaffed otherwise. The station has platform CCTV, a 109-space car park and a cycle rack with 10 spaces and secure storage for 14 cycles.[4] Each platform has a waiting shelter. There are live electronic departure and arrival screens, on the platform, for passenger information. There is a payphone, next to the entrance, on platform 1. The station has vending machines, within the station concourse, next to the booking office.[5] Platform 1, for Merseyrail services, can be accessed by ramp, for passengers with wheelchairs or prams. Platform 2, for Northern services, can only be accessed by staircase. Cross-platform access, within the station, is also by staircase only. Platform access has not been modernised to the standard of that at Hooton.
There has been a recent experiment, on Saturdays, to see whether the booking office can justify being opened at the weekend. At other times, passengers may purchase tickets from the Ticket Vending Machine located on the platform. This machine can issue tickets to any destination on the rail network. Passengers failing to purchase a ticket will be liable for a Penalty fare if they board a Merseyrail service without obtaining a valid ticket.
In 2014 the station office buildings were improved on Platform 1, to include a new and improved ticket office, a new toilet, a new café and retention of most of the building's classic features and works.
Services
Merseyrail Wirral Line services operate every 30 minutes each day (including Sunday) towards Birkenhead and Liverpool.[6] These services are all provided by Merseyrail's fleet of Class 507 and Class 508 EMUs.
As of March 2016, Northern operates a limited service (four trains per day each way, Mondays to Saturdays only) to Helsby via Stanlow & Thornton and Ince & Elton, two of which continue to Warrington Bank Quay (one on Saturdays).[7]
- Platform 1 serves the westbound Merseyrail electric services.
- Platform 2 serves the infrequent eastbound Northern diesel train services to Warrington Bank Quay via Helsby.
Gallery
The footbridge and exterior of the station.
A Merseyrail Class 507 waits at the station.
The station building viewed from the drop-off point.
The view towards Stanlow.
See also
- Listed buildings in Ellesmere Port
References
Notes
^ ab Butt (1995).
^ Historic England. "Ellesmere Port Railway Station (1329997)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 May 2011..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ http://moderngov.merseytravel.uk.net/documents/s21686/Enc.%201%20for%20Updated%20Long%20term%20Rail%20Strategy.pdf
^ Ellesmere Port train station facilities, Merseyrail Accessed 2017-2-8
^ Station Facilities for Ellesmere Port Accessed 2014-01-30
^ "Wirral Line timetable" (PDF). Merseyrail. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2013-12-18.
^ "Northern Rail timetable number 32" (PDF). Northern. 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.Liverpool to Manchester Airport and Warrington Bank Quay via Earlestown (includes Helsby to Ellesmere Port)
Sources
Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
Further reading
Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2012). Chester to Birkenhead. Middleton Press. figs. 99-103. ISBN 9781908174215. OCLC 811323335.
External links
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Train times and station information for Ellesmere Port railway station from National Rail
Station information for Ellesmere Port railway station from Merseyrail- Uk mapping via yahoo
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Overpool towards Liverpool Central | | Merseyrail Wirral Line | | Terminus |
Terminus | | Northern Ellesmere Port to Warrington Line Mondays-Saturdays only | | Stanlow and Thornton |
