Frodsham railway station

Frodsham
Location
Place	Frodsham
Local authority	Cheshire West and Chester
Operations
Station code	FRD
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	74,245
2005/06 *	77,028
2006/07 *	78,118
2007/08 *	88,668
2008/09 *	93,164
2009/10 *	100,730
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Frodsham from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Frodsham railway station serves the town of Frodsham, Cheshire, England. The station is managed by Arriva Trains Wales. The station building has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.

The station is unstaffed, however the North Cheshire Rail Users Group have "adopted" the station and work on a voluntary basis to keep the station looking clean and tidy.

The station in 1964

Services

The station is served by the hourly Arriva Trains Wales service to Manchester Piccadilly via Warrington Bank Quay. In the other direction services run to Chester, with most trains continuing along the North Wales Coast Line as far as Llandudno. On Sundays trains only run between Manchester and Chester.

Frodsham is also served by the infrequent (one train per day, now northbound only) Northern Rail-operated service between Warrington B.Q and Ellesmere Port. This does not run on Sundays.

Trivia

North of Frodsham station, a connecting line to Runcorn (the Halton Curve) diverges. This line is currently served by just one "parliamentary" passenger train a week (which operates on summer Saturdays only) to fulfil legal and contractual obligations and keep the line "open" in accordance with Government legislation. The curve lost its regular service in May 1975, but continued to be used by seasonal passenger trains between Liverpool Lime Street and Llandudno until 1994 (hence the summer-only service requirement). The train starts from Chester and runs non-stop to Runcorn, passing through Frodsham without calling.

The welcome sign on the station platform advertises the Sandstone Trail.

External links

• Train times and station information for Frodsham railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Runcorn East		Arriva Trains Wales Chester to Manchester Line		Helsby
Runcorn East		Northern Rail Ellesmere Port to Warrington Line Mondays-Saturdays only		Helsby