Neston railway station

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Neston National Rail
Neston railway station.jpg
Location
Place Neston
Local authority Cheshire West and Chester
Grid reference SJ292777
Operations
Station code NES
Managed by Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05  36,280
2005/06 Decrease 35,216
2006/07 Decrease 32,716
2007/08 Increase 35,922
2008/09 Increase 37,120
2009/10 Decrease 36,230
2010/11 Increase 44,598
2011/12 Increase 46,546
2012/13 Increase 48,476
2013/14 Increase 51,886
National Rail – UK railway stations

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Neston from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
Portal icon UK Railways portal

Neston railway station serves the town of Neston, Cheshire, England. This is the last station on the English part of the Borderlands Line before it reaches Wales. The station is 8¾ miles (14 km) south of Bidston.

History

There was once a substantial station building on the Bidston bound platform. This fell into disrepair in the late 1990s though, and was finally demolished when the station was modernised for Disability Discrimination Act compliancy in 2003.[citation needed]

Future

Long standing plans to electrify the Borderlands Line have been put on hold due to the prohibitive cost of installing third rail electrification. This has led Merseytravel to look at other options for the line, including the possibility of overhead lines.[1]

Facilities

The station is unstaffed and only 'bus shelter' type structures offer passengers any protection from the elements. Bus interchange is available from the stop on Ladies Walk adjacent the Bidston bound platform. This is also from where rail replacement services leave. The station has a small car park next to the Wrexham bound platform and a larger car park on the opposite side of the line, both owned and operated by the local council.[2]

Services

The station is served by an hourly service on weekdays (two-hourly in the evening & on bank holidays)[3] southbound to Wrexham Central and northbound to Bidston for connections to Liverpool via the Wirral Lines. Services are provided by Arriva Trains Wales' fleet of Class 150 diesel multiple units.

On Sundays there are six departures in each direction (frequency approximately once every 2.5 hours).

Gallery

  • Arriva Trains Wales Class 150, 150253, Neston railway station (geograph 3800450).jpg

    An Arriva Trains Wales Class 150 at the station.

  • Decorated underpass, Neston railway station (geograph 3800406).jpg

    The decorated station underpass.

  • Entrance, Neston railway station (geograph 3800436).jpg

    The entrance to the Bidston-bound platform.

  • Platform furniture, Neston railway station (geograph 3800454).jpg

    Station furniture on the Wrexham-bound platform.

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ GB Rail Timetable 19 May - December 2013, Table 101

External links

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Hawarden Bridge
   Arriva Trains Wales
Borderlands Line		   Heswall
Historical railways
Burton Point   Great Central Railway
North Wales and Liverpool Railway		   Heswall

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.


<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>

Stub icon

This article on a railway station in North West England is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Neston_railway_station&oldid=4279764"