Bromborough railway station

Bromborough
Location
Place	Bromborough
Local authority	Wirral
Coordinates	53.3218°N 2.9869°W / 53.3218; -2.9869
Operations
Station code	BOM
Managed by	Merseyrail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.301 million
2005/06 *	0.305 million
2006/07 *	0.297 million
2007/08 *	0.310 million
2008/09 *	0.880 million
2009/10 *	0.842 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	B2
History
Opened 1841 (1841)
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bromborough from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Bromborough railway station is one of two stations serving the Bromborough area of the Wirral, England. The station is situated on the Chester and Ellesmere Port branches of the Wirral Line, part of the Merseyrail network.

History

View southward, towards Chester in 1961

The station is on the former Chester and Birkenhead Railway, which opened in 1838. The station itself opened in 1841.

Direct train services to Liverpool began in 1985, when the line between Rock Ferry and Hooton was electrified; previously passengers for Liverpool had to change at Rock Ferry. Further electrification in early 1990s allowed electric train services to be extended, first to Chester in 1993 and then Ellesmere Port in 1994.

Services

Trains operate every 15 minutes between Chester and Liverpool on weekdays and Saturdays until late evening when the service becomes half-hourly, as it is on Sundays. Additionally there is a half-hourly service between Liverpool and Ellesmere Port all day, every day. Northbound trains operate via Hamilton Square station in Birkenhead and the Mersey Railway Tunnel to Liverpool. Southbound trains all proceed as far as Hooton, where the lines to Chester and Ellesmere Port divide.

The station has a free car park with approximately 100 spaces and a secure, covered bicycle shelter with room for 40 bicycles. The Liverpool-bound platform has an air-conditioned waiting room with closed-circuit television coverage.

External links

• Train times and station information for Bromborough railway station from National Rail
• Station information for Bromborough railway station from Merseyrail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Eastham Rake		Merseyrail Wirral Line		Bromborough Rake
	Historical railways
Hooton Line and station open		GWR & LNWR Chester and Birkenhead Railway		Spital Line and station open