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Eastham Rake railway station

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Eastham Rake
General information
LocationWirral
Managed byMerseyrail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeERA
Fare zoneB2
Key dates
1995Opened

Eastham Rake railway station is a railway station serving the village of Eastham on the Wirral Peninsula, England. It is situated on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network 8+1⁄2 miles (13.7 km) south west of Liverpool Lime Street. The station is relatively new, having opened to passengers in 1995.

Facilities

The station is staffed, during all opening hours, and has platform CCTV.[1] There is a payphone, a vending machine and a booking office. There are departure and arrival screens, on the platform, for passenger information. Each of the two platforms has sheltered seating. There is a free car park with 101 spaces, a cycle rack with 10 spaces, and a secure cycle locker with 44 spaces.[2] Access to the station booking office is on the pavement. Access to each of the two platforms is by a stepped ramp. This allows relatively easy access for passengers with wheelchairs or prams.[3] Platform access has not been modernised to the standard of that at Hooton.

Services

Trains operate every 15 minutes between Chester and Liverpool on weekdays and Saturdays until late evening when the service becomes half-hourly, as it is on Sundays. Additionally there is a half-hourly service between Liverpool and Ellesmere Port all day, every day.[4] Northbound trains operate via Hamilton Square station in Birkenhead and the Mersey Railway Tunnel to Liverpool. Southbound the next station is Hooton, where the lines to Chester and Ellesmere Port divide. These services are all provided by Merseyrail's fleet of Class 507 and Class 508 EMUs.

  • A Class 507 arrives with a service to Liverpool.
    A Class 507 arrives with a service to Liverpool.
  • The platforms and footbridge.
    The platforms and footbridge.
  • A Class 507 arrives with a service.
    A Class 507 arrives with a service.
  • The platforms and footbridge.
    The platforms and footbridge.

References

  1. ^ Station Facilities for Eastham Rake Accessed 2013-12-20
  2. ^ Eastham Rake train station facilities, Merseyrail Accessed 2013-12-20
  3. ^ Eastham Rake Station Plan
  4. ^ "Wirral Line timetable" (PDF). Merseyrail. Retrieved 2013-12-18.
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Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Hooton
towards Chester or Ellesmere Port 		  Merseyrail
Wirral Line 		  Bromborough
towards Liverpool Central
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