Wallasey Village railway station
Wallasey Village  | |
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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 |
| Passengers | |
| 2017/18 |  0.469 million |
| 2018/19 | 0.522 million |
| 2019/20 | 0.582 million |
| 2020/21 |  0.160 million |
| 2021/22 | 0.357 million |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
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 508 EMUs.
The station connects to the major bus routes on Leasowe Road.
Gallery[edit]
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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.
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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]
- Train times and station information for Wallasey Village railway station from National Rail
- Station information for Wallasey Village railway station from Merseyrail
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wallasey Grove Road towards New Brighton |
Merseyrail Wirral Line New Brighton Branch |
Birkenhead North towards Liverpool Central | ||