Fazakerley railway station
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| Fazakerley railway station in 2009 | |
| Location | |
| Place | Fazakerley |
| Local authority | Liverpool |
| Coordinates | 53°28′08″N 2°56′12″W / 53.4690°N 2.9368°WCoordinates: 53°28′08″N 2°56′12″W / 53.4690°N 2.9368°W |
| Grid reference | SJ379974 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | FAZ |
| Managed by | Merseyrail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2004/05 * | 0.301 million |
| 2005/06 * |  0.329 million |
| 2006/07 * |  0.319 million |
| 2007/08 * | 0.331 million |
| 2008/09 * | 0.890 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Merseytravel |
| Zone | C1 |
| History | |
| Original company | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| 20 November 1848 | Station opens as Simonswood |
| by 1850 | Renamed Aintree |
| March 1860 | Renamed Fazakerley |
| 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 Fazakerley from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. | |
This station was once named Aintree: for a guide to the various Aintree stations that have existed and their relationship to each other see Aintree Stations.
Fazakerley railway station is a railway station in Fazakerley, Liverpool, England. It is situated on the Kirkby branch of the Northern Line of the Merseyrail network. The station itself has recently[when?] undergone some refurbishment work.
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[edit] History
The Liverpool and Bury Railway (L&BR) was authorised in 1845,[1] but while it was under construction, the L&BR amalgamated with the Manchester and Leeds Railway (M&LR) in 1846,[2] and the M&LR in turn was renamed the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1847.[3] The line opened on 20 November 1848;[4] one of the original stations was Simonswood.[5][6] This station was renamed twice: it had become Aintree by 1850,[7] and in March 1860 it took its present name Fazakerley[8] to avoid confusion with the nearby Aintree station on a different line,[6] which had opened in 1849.[9]
At the time of opening, the mileage of the station was 291⁄2 miles (47 km) from Bury.[6] but this has since been amended to 31 miles 31 chains (50.5 km) from Manchester Victoria via Wigan.[10]
To the north-east of the station is Fazakerley Junction, 30 miles 72 chains (49.7 km) from Manchester Victoria,[10] which is where the North Mersey Branch once headed westwards towards Gladstone Dock.[11] The branch has closed, but the junction remains as the point where the double track out of Liverpool becomes single track for the last few miles into Kirkby.[10]
[edit] Services
During Monday to Saturday daytimes, there are trains every 15 minutes between Kirkby and Liverpool Central. At other times, trains operate every 30 minutes.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Marshall 1969, p. 129.
- ^ Marshall 1969, p. 130.
- ^ Marshall 1969, p. 65.
- ^ Marshall 1969, p. 132.
- ^ Butt 1995, p. 212.
- ^ a b c Marshall 1969, p. 133.
- ^ Butt 1995, pp. 212, 14.
- ^ Butt 1995, pp. 14, 95.
- ^ Butt 1995, p. 14.
- ^ a b c Yonge 2005, map 41A.
- ^ Marshall 1969, p. 160.
[edit] References
- 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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
- Marshall, John (1969). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, volume 1. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0 7153 4352 1.
- Yonge, John (March 2005) [1990]. Jacobs, Gerald. ed. Railway Track Diagrams 4: Midlands & North West (2nd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. ISBN 0 9549866 0 1.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Fazakerley railway station from National Rail
- Station information for Fazakerley railway station from Merseyrail
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
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| Rice Lane | Merseyrail Northern Line |
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