Upton railway station

Upton
Location
Place	Upton
Local authority	Wirral
Grid reference	SJ279882
Operations
Station code	UPT
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	13,863
2005/06	14,662
2006/07	12,976
2007/08	15,477
2008/09	20,902
2009/10	21,036
2010/11	22,720
2011/12	24,116
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	B1
History
Opened 1896 (1896)
National Rail – UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Upton from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Upton railway station serves the village of Upton, Wirral and the Noctorum area of Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula, England. The station is situated on the Borderlands Line. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Arriva Trains Wales.

History

Upton Station was opened to passengers on 18 May 1896, as part of the Dee and Birkenhead Railway.^[1] The station became part of the North Wales and Liverpool Railway, less than three months later, on 7 July 1896.^[1] The station used to have a booking office, on the road bridge, which spans the two platforms.^[2] The booking office was removed during redevelopment of the station and expansion of the road bridge in the 1970s. The station also used to have its own brick-built waiting room, situated on the Bidston-bound platform.^[3] Adjacent to the station there was a coal and goods yard, which is presently the site of a Co-Operative supermarket.

Future

Proposals have been put forward by Merseyrail to electrify the track as part of the 'Borderlands Electrification' scheme. This would allow the station to serve as a part of a direct service to Liverpool.

Arriva Trains Wales have an 'Adopt a Station' initiative, Upton Station is presently on their list of adopted stations and has been adopted by a member, or members, of the public.

Facilities

The station facilities are somewhat rudimentary. The station is unstaffed, at nearly all times, but has platform CCTV.^[4] Each of the two platforms has a waiting shelter with seating. There is no payphone or booking office, but there are electronic departure and arrival screens for live information to passengers. There is no official station car park, but very limited parking outside the station, at the drop-off point, on the old Ford Road bridge. Wheelchair and pram access to each of the two platforms is possible, and relatively easy, via the ramp-staircases. Though, as yet, platform access has not been modernised to the standard of that at Hooton.

Services

From Monday to Saturday, there is an hourly service between Bidston and Wrexham Central (two-hourly in the evening and on Bank Holidays). There is an irregular service (six trains each way) on Sundays. Services are provided by an Arriva Trains Wales Class 150/2 "Sprinter" DMU.

Gallery

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  An Arriva Trains Wales Class 150 at Upton.

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  An Arriva Trains Wales Class 150 departs with a service to Bidston, behind which is one of the easy-access ramps.

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  The station overbridge, looking towards Bidston.

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  A view of the two platforms and bridge.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Upton railway station.

• Train times and station information for Upton railway station from National Rail
• The railway in Upton, including various historical photographic images, courtesy of Upton.cx

Upton Station is on the list of stations adopted as part of the Adopt a Station initiative of Arriva Trains Wales.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Heswall		Arriva Trains Wales Borderlands Line		Bidston

Coordinates: 53°23′09″N 3°05′02″W / 53.38583°N 3.08389°W / 53.38583; -3.08389