Warrington Bank Quay railway station
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| Warrington Bank Quay | |||
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| Location | |||
| Place | Warrington | ||
| Local authority | Warrington | ||
| Grid reference | SJ599878 | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | WBQ | ||
| Managed by | Virgin Trains | ||
| Platforms in use | 4 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 1.055 million | ||
| 2005/06 * | 1.262 million | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Warrington Bank Quay from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Warrington Bank Quay railway station is a mainline railway station serving the UK town of Warrington. The town centre has two stations on opposite sides of the main shopping area, Warrington Central operating a more frequent service to the neighbouring cities Liverpool and Manchester. A bus shuttle service operates every 20 minutes Monday to Friday daytime between the two, also linking the offices of the North West Development Agency on the Centre Park business park. Nevertheless Bank Quay suffers from a lack of bus links to other parts of Warrington. It does, however, have a large car park and a taxi rank.
The station consists of two island platforms. The easternmost one has 19th century buildings, but the western platform has buildings dating from the 1950s. Passengers enter the station at street level through a functional modern entrance containing an information office and ticket office, and proceed through a subway, reaching the elevated platforms by stairs or a lift. There is a buffet on the eastern platform.
The station's best known landmark is the huge Unilever detergent manufacturing plant which stands overlooking the site.
The station has suffered from years of neglect, and because of this, Virgin Trains have announced improvements to the station are to be made. In 2009, an extension to the existing car park, a first class lounge and a new taxi rank are expected to be built, along with improvements to the platforms and a new ticket office and travel centre. [1] [2]
[edit] Services
It lies on the West Coast Main Line, operated by Virgin Trains, with regular services to London, Birmingham, and Scotland. A regular regional express service operates between Manchester, Chester and North Wales operated by Arriva Trains Wales. There are also local services to Liverpool operated by Northern Rail, with a couple of these services per day extending to Ellesmere Port via Runcorn East.
Normal weekday service consists of:
- 1tph to London Euston (via the west coast main line) operated by Virgin Trains [1]
Calling at:
- 1tph to Glasgow Central (via the west coast main line) operated by Virgin Trains[2]
Calling at:
- Wigan North Western, Preston, Lancaster, Oxenholme Lake District, Penrith, Carlisle, Motherwell and Glasgow Central
- 1tph to Manchester Piccadilly operated by Arriva Trains Wales [3]
Calling at:
- 1tph to Llandudno operated by Arriva Trains Wales [4]
Calling at:
- Runcorn East, Frodsham, Helsby, Chester, Shotton, Flint, Prestatyn, Rhyl, Abergele and Pensarn, Colwyn Bay, Llandudno Junction, Deganwy (request), Llandudno
- 1tph to Birmingham New Street operated by Virgin Trains [5]
Calling at:
- 1tph to Liverpool Lime Street operated by Northern Rail and calling at:
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- Earlestown, St Helens Junction, Lea Green, Rainhill, Whiston, Huyton, Roby, Broad Green, Wavertree Tech Park, Edge Hill and Liverpool Lime Street
[edit] References
- ^ Warrington Guardian article. Warrington Guardian (2006). Retrieved on 2008-03-01.
- ^ Improvements arriving soon at Warrington Bank Quay station. Virgin Trains (2007). Retrieved on 2008-03-29.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Warrington Bank Quay railway station from National Rail
