Huyton railway station

Huyton
Northern Rail train heading to Manchester in 2008
Location
Place	Huyton
Local authority	Knowsley
Operations
Station code	HUY
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.393 million
2005/06 *	0.430 million
2006/07 *	0.426 million
2007/08 *	0.427 million
2008/09 *	1.189 million
2009/10 *	1.150 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	C1/A3/C2/C3
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 Huyton from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Huyton railway station serves the area of Huyton in Merseyside, England. The station acts as an interchange between the Liverpool-Wigan Line and the northern route of the Liverpool-Manchester Line which diverge soon after the station. It is one of the busier stations on these lines. The station is close to the shopping centre and bus station.

Routes

There are 10 trains per hour passing through the station.

• 1tph to Warrington Bank Quay calling at:

Whiston, Rainhill, Lea Green, St Helens Junction, Earlestown and Warrington Bank Quay

• 2tph to Wigan North Western calling at:

Prescot, Eccleston Park, Thatto Heath, St Helens Central, Garswood, Bryn and Wigan North Western

• 1tph to Stalybridge calling at:

Whiston, Rainhill, Lea Green, St Helens Junction, Earlestown, Newton-le-Willows, Patricroft, Eccles, Manchester Victoria, Ashton-under-Lyne and Stalybridge

During the evening this service runs to Victoria only. At peak times, it continues to Huddersfield.

• 1tph to Blackpool North calling at:

St Helens Central, Wigan North Western, Euxton Balshaw Lane, Leyland, Preston and Blackpool North

• 5tph to Liverpool Lime Street calling at:

Roby (4tph), Broad Green (4tph), Wavertree Tech Park (4tph), Edge Hill (4tph) and Liverpool Lime Street

1tph runs non-stop from Huyton to Lime St

2010 Modernisation

Almost £1 million will be spent in modernising the station. In early 2010 work began to upgrade the station. The planned works include a new canopy on Platform 1, a new waiting shelter on Platform 2 and a new disability compliant toilet will also be installed. Improvements will also include updating the subway which will include better lighting, state-of-the-art CCTV and new seating areas.

External links

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Liverpool Lime Street		Northern Rail Liverpool-Preston/Blackpool		St Helens Central
Roby		Northern Rail Liverpool-Wigan Line		Prescot
Roby		Northern Rail Liverpool-Manchester line		Whiston