Birchwood railway station

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Birchwood
Location
Place Birchwood
Local authority Warrington
Coordinates 53°24′45″N 2°31′31″W / 53.4124, -2.5253Coordinates: 53°24′45″N 2°31′31″W / 53.4124, -2.5253
Operations
Station code BWD
Managed by TransPennine Express
Owned by Network Rail
Platforms in use 2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 * 0.366 million
2005/06 * 0.434 million
History
Key dates Opened July 1981
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Birchwood from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Birchwood railway station is a railway station serving the Birchwood district to the north east of Warrington, Cheshire, in the north west of England. The station is 21 km (13¼ miles) west of Manchester Piccadilly on the Manchester-Liverpool Line.

The station is operated by TransPennine Express, and is on the southern route of the Liverpool to Manchester Line. It is manned full-time (between 0610 and 2345 Mondays-Saturdays and 0825 and 2320 Sundays). It is across from the main Birchwood shopping complex and is well served by onward transportation to all parts of Birchwood and further afield.

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[edit] Station Facilities

There is sheltered seating on the Liverpool-bound platform, and a ticket office with seating on the Manchester-bound platform. A footbridge connects the two platforms. There is also a news kiosk open six days a week. Outside the station there is a bus stop and the station is close to the Birchwood shopping mall.

The ticket office is open until around 2200 (ocassionally earlier or later), though it does ocassionally close during the day whilst staff carry out other duties. During the daytime there are three staff members on the station (station clerk, kiosk operator and a cleaner), and two of an evening (station clerk and a security guard). When the ticket office is closed there is a ticket machine in the station lobby.

[edit] Service Pattern

[edit] Monday to Saturday service

During the off-peak (for example 1000 Mon-Fri), comprises four (two per direction) Northern Rail services between Liverpool and Manchester per hour and two services (one per direction) between Liverpool and the North East (Scarborough, Newcastle, Middlesborough or York) per hour. This is in the following pattern:

  • xx:02 is a slow service to Liverpool Lime Street (Northern Rail) calling at:
Warrington Central, Sankey for Penketh, Widnes, Hough Green, Halewood, Hunts Cross, Liverpool South Parkway, West Allerton, Mossley Hill, Edge Hill and Liverpool Lime Street
  • xx:03 is a slow service to Manchester Oxford Road (Northern Rail) calling at:
Glazebrook (even hours), Irlam, Flixton, Chassen Road (even hours), Urmston, Humphrey Park (odd hours), Trafford Park (odd hours), Manchester Deansgate and Manchester Oxford Road
  • xx:22 is the express service to Liverpool Lime Street (First TransPennine Express) calling at:
Warrington Central and Liverpool Lime Street
  • xx:37 is a semi-fast service to Liverpool Lime Street (Northern Rail) calling at:
Padgate railway station, Warrington Central, Widnes, Hough Green, Liverpool South Parkway, Mossley Hill and Liverpool Lime Street
  • xx:40 is a semi-fast service to Manchester Oxford Road (Northern Rail) calling at:
Irlam, Urmston, Manchester Deansgate and Manchester Oxford Road
  • xx:49 is the service to Scarborough calling at:
Manchester Oxford Road, Manchester Piccadilly, Stalybridge, Huddersfield, Leeds, York, Malton, Seamer and Scarborough


Peak Northern Services run an all stations service. Peak TransPennine Express services call additionally at Irlam (morning peak) and Hunts Cross (evening peak). There are also peak hour only East Midlands Trains service between Liverpool and Norwich these are:

  • 0720 and 0821 service to Norwich calling at:
Manchester Oxford Road, Manchester Piccadilly, Stockport, Sheffield, Chesterfield, Alfreton, Nottingham, Grantham, Peterborough, Ely, Thetford and Norwich
  • 1757 service to Liverpool Lime Street calling at:
Warrington Central, Widnes and Liverpool Lime Street

[edit] Sunday service

Sunday service comprises two services (one per direction) between Liverpool and Manchester per hour, and two services (one per direction) between Liverpool and Scarborough. In the following service pattern:

xx:24 to Liverpool Lime Street (TransPennine Express) calling at:

Warrington Central and Liverpool Lime Street

xx:34 to Liverpool Lime Street (Northern Rail) calling at:

Warrington Central, Widnes, Hough Green, Liverpool South Parkway, West Allerton, Mossley Hill and Liverpool Lime Street

xx:37 to Manchester Oxford Road (Northern Rail) calling:

Irlam, Urmston, Manchester Deansgate and Manchester Oxford Road

xx:49 to Scarborough calling at:

Manchester Oxford Road, Manchester Piccadilly, Stalybridge, Huddersfield, Leeds, York, Malton, Seamer and Scarborough

[edit] External links

  Preceding station     National Rail     Following station  
Manchester Oxford Road   TransPennine Express
North TransPennine		   Warrington Central
Glazebrook   Northern Rail
Liverpool to Manchester Line		   Padgate
Manchester Oxford Road   East Midlands Trains
Liverpool-Norwich
Peak Hours Only		   Warrington Central
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