Birchwood railway station

Birchwood
Location
Place	Birchwood
Local authority	Warrington
Coordinates	53°24′45″N 2°31′31″W / 53.4124°N 2.5253°W / 53.4124; -2.5253Coordinates: 53°24′45″N 2°31′31″W / 53.4124°N 2.5253°W / 53.4124; -2.5253
Grid reference	SJ651908
Operations
Station code	BWD
Managed by	First TransPennine Express
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.366 million
2005/06	0.434 million
2006/07	0.482 million
2007/08	0.493 million
2008/09	0.514 million
2009/10	0.489 million
2010/11	0.527 million
2011/12	0.555 million
History
Opened July 1981 (July 1981)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Birchwood from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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thumb|right|Birchwood station, 1995 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 13 ¹⁄₄ miles (21.3 km) west of Manchester Piccadilly on the Manchester-Liverpool Line.

The station is operated by First 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.

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 (occasionally earlier or later), though it does occasionally close during the day whilst staff carry out other duties. During the daytime there are three staff members on the station (station clerk, kiosk 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.

Service pattern

The station sees a general frequency of three trains per hour per direction.

• Two suburban trains per hour to Manchester Oxford Road via Irlam
• Two suburban trains per hour to Liverpool Lime Street via Warrington Central
• One fast train per hour to Liverpool Lime Street stopping only at Warrington Central and Liverpool South Parkway en route
• One fast train per hour to Leeds and beyond via Manchester Piccadilly

External links

• Train times and station information for Birchwood railway station from National Rail

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