St Michaels railway station

St Michaels
Location
Place	St Michael's Hamlet
Local authority	Liverpool
Coordinates	53.3757°N 2.9529°W / 53.3757; -2.9529
Operations
Station code	STM
Managed by	Merseyrail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.289 million
2005/06 *	0.365 million
2006/07 *	0.361 million
2007/08 *	0.379 million
2008/09 *	0.562 million
2009/10 *	0.506 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	C1
History
1864	Opened
1972	Closed
1978	Reopened
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 St Michaels from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

St Michaels railway station is a railway station in St Michael's Hamlet, Liverpool, England, on the Northern Line of the Merseyrail suburban system. It is situated near, but not on St Michael's Road, Aigburth, a short distance to the south of the Lark Lane and Sefton Park neighbourhoods.

Description

The main station building sits at street level, over the lines which are in a cutting. Leading down to the platforms from apertures in the station building are ramps which were built for the Liverpool Garden Festival in 1984. Steps to street level (bypassing the ticket office) have been sealed off. The station building contains the ticket office and a snack vending machine, but no automated ticket selling machine, nor ticket barriers. There is free parking directly outside for four cars and at least two bicycles, with unrestricted parking for many more cars available in the vicinity. In February 2010, a departure board was added in the main booking hall along with electronic signage on each platform.

History

The station opened in 1864 as part of the Garston and Liverpool Railway line between Brunswick and Garston Dock. In 1865 the station and line were incorporated into the Cheshire Lines Committee.

The station closed in 1972 but reopened in 1978 as part of the Kirkby–Garston line of the Merseyrail system. The reopening of the station was part-funded by Marks and Spencer, because of that company's use of the "St Michael" brand; this is recognised by a plaque at the site. Services were extended from Garston to Hunts Cross in 1983, and diverted to Southport instead of Kirkby in 1984.

From 11 December 2006 the Monday-Saturday evening service was increased to run every 15 minutes, instead of half-hourly as previously.

Services

Trains operate every 15 minutes, Monday-Saturday to Southport via Liverpool Central to the north, and Hunts Cross to the south. On Sundays, services are every 30 minutes in each direction.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Aigburth		Merseyrail Northern Line		Brunswick
	Historical railways
Otterspool Line open, station closed		Cheshire Lines Committee Garston and Liverpool Railway		Brunswick Line open, station closed [sic]
				Saint James Line open, station closed

External links

• Train times and station information for St Michaels railway station from National Rail

• Station information for St Michaels railway station from Merseyrail