Lea Green railway station

Lea Green
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Location
Place	Sutton, Merseyside
Local authority	St Helens
Grid reference	SJ519924
Operations
Station code	LEG
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.147 million
2005/06	0.164 million
2006/07	0.182 million
2007/08	0.182 million
2008/09	0.452 million
2009/10	0.442 million
2010/11	0.479 million
2011/12	0.499 million
2012/13	0.476 million
2013/14	0.382 million
2014/15	0.394 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	A1
History
2000	Opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Lea Green from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Lea Green railway station is in St Helens, Merseyside, England, being approximately three miles south from the town centre near the suburb of Clock Face. The station is on the northern route of the two direct Liverpool to Manchester lines, which is the former Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Northern Rail operates the station with Merseytravel sponsorship displaying Merseyrail signs. Constructed in 2000 the station has a park and ride car park, a modern CCTV security system and a small booking office.

An earlier Lea Green station closed decades earlier, a few hundred metres away - the present station's location would more accurately be described as Marshalls Cross. Thatto Heath railway station on the Liverpool to Wigan Line is approximately two mile to the north west.

Services

Northern Rail operate trains (every 30 minutes Monday-Saturday daytime) to Liverpool Lime Street. In the other direction, these trains run to Earlestown, from where one train per hour continues to Manchester Victoria and the other to Warrington Bank Quay. A couple of the "express" trains call at the station in the early morning and late evening (Monday - Saturday) to Manchester Airport. Sunday services see just 1 train per hour to Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Airport. Following completion of electrification of the line in Spring 2015, the Liverpool to Manchester Airport and Liverpool to Manchester Victoria services are now operated by 4-Car Class 319 Electric Units.

Gallery

• Northern Rail Class 156, 156428, Lea Green railway station (geograph 3818941).jpg

  A Northern Rail Class 156 arrives with a service to Liverpool.

• Platform ramp, Lea Green railway station (geograph 3818873).jpg

  The platform ramp for the St. Helens-bound platform.

• Vintage bridge, Lea Green railway station (geograph 3818908).jpg

  The station bridge.

• GBRf Class 66, 66751, Lea Green railway station (geograph 3818939).jpg

  A GBRf Class 66 passes through the station with a freight train.

External links

• Train times and station information for Lea Green railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Rainhill		Northern Electrics Liverpool to Manchester Line (Northern Route)		St Helens Junction