Runcorn railway station

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Location
Runcorn
Place	Runcorn town centre
Local authority	Halton
Operations
Station code	RUN
Managed by	Virgin Trains
Platforms in use	2
Annual entry/exit 04/05	0.316 million **
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Runcorn railway station is in the town of Runcorn in the unitary authority of Halton in the north west of England. The station is operated by Virgin Trains. The station has a shop/snack bar in the ticket hall. Lifts are available to allow passengers to cross between the platforms. A car park (charges apply) and taxi rank are also available, and bus stops for services to other parts of Runcorn and also to Widnes.

[edit] Service

There is an hourly service between Liverpool Lime Street and London Euston operated by Virgin Trains, and services to Crewe and Birmingham are operated by Central Trains. Services are less frequent in the evenings and on Sundays.

Runcorn is the northern terminus for the so-called Parliamentary train service from Chester. This train, operated by Northern Rail, runs once a week on summer Saturdays only, to satisfy the minimum requirement to operate a passenger service over the otherwise-disused Halton Curve. There is no return journey to Chester.