Runcorn railway station

For the railway station in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, see Runcorn railway station, Brisbane

Runcorn
Location
Place	Runcorn
Local authority	Halton
Grid reference	SJ508826
Operations
Station code	RUN
Managed by	Virgin Trains
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.316 million
2005/06 *	0.370 million
2006/07 *	0.430 million
2007/08 *	0.442 million
2008/09 *	0.461 million
2009/10 *	0.535 million
History
Opened 1 April 1869 (1 April 1869)
History
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
1 April 1869	Station opened
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 Runcorn from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Runcorn railway station is in the town of Runcorn in the unitary authority of Halton in the north west of England. The station lies on the Liverpool branch of the West Coast Main Line between Weaver Junction & Liverpool South Parkway and is operated by Virgin Trains. It is located a short distance south of the Runcorn Railway Bridge over the River Mersey on a section of line opened by the LNWR to create a new, more direct route between Liverpool & Crewe; the station opened on 1 April 1869.

The station has a shop/snack bar in the ticket hall. Lifts are available to allow passengers to cross between the platforms. A car park (charges apply) and taxi rank are also available, and bus stops for services to other parts of Runcorn and also to Widnes.

Services

There is an hourly service between Liverpool Lime Street and London Euston operated by Virgin Trains, and two services per hour between Liverpool, Crewe and Birmingham New Street operated by London Midland. Services are less frequent in the evenings and on Sundays.

Runcorn is the northern terminus for the so-called parliamentary train service non-stop from Chester. This train, operated by Northern Rail, runs once a week on summer Saturdays only to satisfy the minimum requirement to operate a passenger service over the otherwise-disused Halton Curve. There is no return journey to Chester because of the removal of the crossovers at Frodsham and Halton Junction that used to allow bidirectional use, so the train runs empty to Liverpool Lime Street ready for normal service.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Liverpool South Parkway		London Midland West Coast Main Line		Acton Bridge
Liverpool Lime Street		Virgin Trains West Coast Main Line		Crewe
				Stafford

See also

• Runcorn East railway station

External links

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