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West Allerton
General information
LocationLiverpool
Managed byNorthern Rail, London & North Western Railway when first built
Platforms4
Other information
Fare zoneC1

West Allerton railway station serves the suburb of Allerton, Liverpool in the north west of England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern Rail.

There are 4 platforms, 2 of which, platforms 1 and 2, are located on the fast lines and are where most trains stop. 3 & 4 are on the slow lines and are used infrequently, mainly where faster services are booked to overtake stopping services on this stretch of line (This is most common in the Liverpool-bound direction). The platform layout consists of 3 structures:

- Platform 1 - single faced, on the Up Fast line.

- Platform 2-3 - double faced, between the Down Fast line & Up Slow lines.

- Platform 4 - single faced, on the Down Slow line.

All platforms have a basic glass and metal shelter approximately half way along, the centre platform (2-3) is fully enclosed, where as the outer platforms have single sided ones. Help points are provided for emergency use and for train running information.

The station building on the over bridge has a staffed booking office that is open during hours when trains are serving the station, this is operated by Northern Rail the station operator.

To the south is Allerton station which closed in 2005 to make way for Liverpool South Parkway which opened the following year.

Service Summary

Services are roughly hourly in each direction, towards Mossley Hill and Liverpool Lime Street to the west and towards Liverpool South Parkway and Manchester Oxford Road in the east. Extra service stop during peak periods.

xx:06 to Manchester Oxford Road via Warrington Central (Northern Rail)

calling: Liverpool South Parkway, Hunts Cross, Halewood, Hough Green, Widnes, Sankey for Penketh, Warrington Central, Padgate, Birchwood, Irlam, Urmston, Manchester Deansgate and Manchester Oxford Road

xx:36 to Liverpool Lime Street (Northern Rail)

calling: Mossley Hill, Edge Hill and Liverpool Lime Street


Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Liverpool South Parkway
to Manchester Oxford Road
  Northern Rail
(Liverpool to Manchester Line)
(Southern Route)
  Mossley Hill
towards Liverpool Lime Street