Wallasey Village railway station
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General information | |||||
Location | Wallasey, Wirral England | ||||
Grid reference | SJ290923 | ||||
Managed by | Merseyrail | ||||
Transit authority | Merseytravel | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | WLV | ||||
Fare zone | B1 | ||||
Classification | DfT category E | ||||
Key dates | |||||
1907 | Opened (as Leasowe Road) | ||||
1938 | Electrified | ||||
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Wallasey Village railway station serves the Wallasey Village suburb of Wallasey, in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the Wirral Line 6¼ miles (9 km) west of Liverpool Lime Street on the Merseyrail network.
History
[edit]The station was built on the Wirral Railway's route from Birkenhead Park to New Brighton, opening in 1907[1] under the name Leasowe Road.[citation needed] Through services via the Mersey Railway Tunnel to Liverpool commenced when the line was electrified in 1938[2] by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. The station was rebuilt following extensive damage during World War II.[citation needed]
Facilities
[edit]The station is staffed, during all opening hours, and has platform CCTV.[3] There is a payphone on platform 1, a booking office, live departure and arrival screens, for passenger information, and each of the two platforms has a waiting room.[4] Being close to the centre of Wallasey Village, itself, the station does not have a free car park or a cycle rack. There is no access, to the platform, for passengers with wheelchairs or prams, as access is by staircase only.[4] In 2006, according to a Transport 2000 survey, the station was considered as a weak link, with regard to access.[5] As yet, platform access has not been modernised to the standard of that at Hooton.
Services
[edit]Current service levels are every 15 minutes to Liverpool and New Brighton during Monday to Saturday daytime, and every 30 minutes at other times.[6] These services are all provided by Merseyrail's fleet of Class 507 and Class 777 EMUs.
The station connects to the major bus routes on Leasowe Road.
Gallery
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Leasowe Road bridge viewed from the end of the platform.
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The station buildings.
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A platform waiting room.
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The length of the platform.
References
[edit]- ^ Mitchell & Smith 2013, map XXXVII
- ^ Mitchell & Smith 2013, fig. 109
- ^ "Station Facilities for Wallasey Village". National Rail. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
- ^ a b "Wallasey Village Station Plan". National Rail. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
- ^ Fenna, Kelly (4 September 2007). "Station is weakest link say commuters". Wirral Globe. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ^ "Wirral Line timetable" (PDF). Merseyrail. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
Sources
[edit]- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Wrexham to New Brighton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 9781908174475. OCLC 859543196.
External links
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Train times and station information for Wallasey Village railway station from National Rail
- Station information for Wallasey Village railway station from Merseyrail
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Following station | ||
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Wallasey Grove Road towards New Brighton |
Merseyrail Wirral Line New Brighton Branch |
Birkenhead North towards Liverpool Central |