Whiston railway station

Whiston
Location
Place	Whiston
Local authority	Knowsley
Operations
Station code	WHN
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.117 million
2005/06 *	0.124 million
2006/07 *	0.136 million
2007/08 *	0.147 million
2008/09 *	0.217 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	A3/C2/C3
History
1990	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 Whiston from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Whiston railway station serves the district of Whiston in Merseyside, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern Rail. It lies on the northern route of the Liverpool to Manchester Line, the original Liverpool and Manchester Railway. It opened in October 1990, at a cost of £420,000.

Services

Whiston is served by Northern Rail services between Liverpool Lime Street and either Manchester Victoria or Warrington Bank Quay every half hour on Monday to Saturday daytimes. Some trains continue beyond Manchester to destinations such as Stalybridge or Huddersfield. In the evenings there is an hourly service to Manchester Victoria & Liverpool.

On Sundays, trains run once per hour between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Piccadilly (instead of Victoria), and continue to Manchester Airport.

External links

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Huyton		Northern Rail Liverpool to Manchester Line		Rainhill