Green Lane railway station

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Green Lane
Location
Place	Birkenhead
Local authority	Wirral
Operations
Station code	GNL
Managed by	Merseyrail
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2005/06 *	0.232 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	B1
History
1886 1903	Opened Electrified
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Green Lane from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Green Lane railway station serves the town of Birkenhead, Wirral, England, located in the south of the town. It is situated on the Chester and Ellesmere Port branches of the Wirral Line, part of the Merseyrail network.

[edit] History

The station was opened in 1886 as the terminus of the Mersey Railway's line from Liverpool via the Mersey Railway Tunnel. In 1891 the line was extended southwards to Rock Ferry, and was subsequently electrified in 1903. It became part of the British Rail's Merseyrail network in the 1970s. Further electrification in the 1980s and 1990s allowed train services to be extended beyond Rock Ferry; first to Hooton in 1985, then to Chester in 1993 and finally Ellesmere Port in 1994.

[edit] Services

Trains operate every 15 minutes (all day, every day) in each direction. Northbound trains operate via Hamilton Square station and the Mersey Railway Tunnel to Liverpool. Southbound trains continue to Hooton, from where trains continue every 30 minutes to each of Chester and Ellesmere Port.

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Green Lane railway station from National Rail
• Station information from Merseyrail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Rock Ferry		Merseyrail Wirral Line		Birkenhead Central

v • d • e Merseyrail Wirral Line Stations New Brighton Branch: New Brighton • Wallasey Grove Road • Wallasey Village West Kirby Branch: West Kirby • Hoylake • Manor Road • Meols • Moreton • Leasowe • Bidston Northern Branch: Birkenhead North • Birkenhead Park • Conway Park Liverpool Loop: Hamilton Square • James Street • Moorfields • Liverpool Lime Street • Liverpool Central Southern Branch: Birkenhead Central • Green Lane • Rock Ferry • Bebington • Port Sunlight • Spital • Bromborough Rake • Bromborough • Eastham Rake • Hooton Chester Branch: Capenhurst • Bache • Chester Ellesmere Port Branch: Little Sutton • Overpool • Ellesmere Port