Hoylake railway station

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Hoylake National Rail
Hoylake railway station as viewed from the car park
Location
Place Hoylake
Local authority Wirral
Grid reference SJ216887
Operations
Station code HYK
Managed by Merseyrail
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05  0.165 million
2005/06 Increase 0.175 million
2006/07 Increase 0.292 million
2007/08 Decrease 0.203 million
2008/09 Increase 0.603 million
2009/10 Decrease 0.566 million
2010/11 Increase 0.589 million
2011/12 Increase 0.593 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE Merseytravel
Zone B2
History
1866 Opened
1938 Rebuilt
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hoylake from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Hoylake railway station serves the town of Hoylake, Wirral, England. It lies on the West Kirby branch of the Wirral Line, part of the Merseyrail network. It is in the art deco style with a circular clerestory over the booking hall and after the 1938 rebuild, became a Grade II Listed Building in 1988.[1][2] The sign currently on display in front of the station was recently restored during a renovation.[3] The station also offers free car parking facilities at all times.[4]

Facilities

The station is staffed, during all opening hours, and has platform CCTV.[4] Each of the two platforms has a seated waiting shelter. There is a payphone, booking office and live departure and arrival screens, for passenger information. [4] The station provides a "Park and Ride" service. There are a further 167 car parking spaces,[5] which are free to use for travellers, with lighting columns and CCTV to meet Merseytravel's Travelsafe requirements, as well as a 14-space cycle rack.[5] There is step-free access available to both platforms by the use of the level crossing.

Services

Current services are every 15 minutes (Monday to Saturday daytime) to West Kirby and Liverpool. At other times, trains operate every 30 minutes.[6]

When the Open Golf Championship was held at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club (situated between West Kirby and Hoylake) in July 2006, services terminated here during the tournament. This was to allow competitors to cross the tracks from the practice course on one side to the championship course on the other. This caused some controversy in West Kirby, especially given the likely increase in passengers during the championship. A rail replacement bus service was put in place between Hoylake and West Kirby.[7]

Until 1965 there were multiple sidings to the east of the station, used both to store out-of-service electric trains and to serve a freight depot used to receive coal for domestic distribution, and also to fuel the gasworks situated alongside the line at this point.

Gallery

  • The waiting room on the West Kirby-bound platform.

  • A Merseyrail Class 507 passes a signal, and departs beneath the footbridge, towards West Kirby.

  • The guard waits to signal the departure of a Liverpool-bound train.

  • The platform entrance to the booking office.

References

  1. ↑ "Hoylake". Wirral Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-07-06. 
  2. ↑ "Heritage Gateway". English Heritage. Retrieved 2009-07-06. 
  3. ↑ "Hoylake Station sign back home". Wirral News. 2008-03-26. Retrieved 2009-07-07. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Station Facilities for Hoylake". National Rail Enquiries. Retrieved 2009-07-07. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Hoylake train station facilities, Merseyrail Accessed 2013-12-18
  6. ↑ "Wirral Line timetable". Merseyrail. Retrieved 2013-12-18. 
  7. ↑ "The Open Championship Briefing" (PDF). Merseyside Police. Retrieved 2009-07-06. 

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Coordinates: 53°23′24″N 3°10′44″W / 53.390°N 3.179°W / 53.390; -3.179


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