Lea Green railway station

Lea Green

Location
Place	Sutton, Merseyside
Local authority	St Helens
Grid reference	SJ519924
Operations
Station code	LEG
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.147 million
2005/06	0.164 million
2006/07	0.182 million
2007/08	0.182 million
2008/09	0.452 million
2009/10	0.442 million
2010/11	0.479 million
2011/12	0.499 million
2012/13	0.476 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	A1
History
2000	Opened
National Rail – UK railway stations

* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Lea Green from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Lea Green railway station is in St Helens, Merseyside, England, being approximately three miles south from the town centre near the suburb of Clock Face. The station is on the northern route of the two direct Liverpool to Manchester lines, which is the former Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Northern Rail operates the station with Merseytravel sponsorship displaying Merseyrail signs. Constructed in 2000 the station has a park and ride car park, a modern CCTV security system and a small booking office.

An earlier Lea Green station closed decades earlier, a few hundred metres away - the present station's location would more accurately be described as Marshalls Cross. Thatto Heath railway station on the Liverpool to Wigan Line is approximately two mile to the north west.

Services

Northern Rail operate trains (every 30 minutes Monday-Saturday daytime) to Liverpool Lime Street. In the other direction, these trains run to Earlestown, from where one train per hour continues to Manchester Victoria and the other to Warrington Bank Quay. A couple of the "express" trains call at the station in the early morning and late evening (Monday - Saturday) to Manchester Airport. Sunday services see just 1 train per hour to Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Airport.

Gallery

A Northern Rail Class 156 arrives with a service to Liverpool.
The platform ramp for the St. Helens-bound platform.
The station bridge.
A GBRf Class 66 passes through the station with a freight train.

External links

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Train times and station information for Lea Green railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Rainhill		Northern Rail Liverpool to Manchester Line (Northern Route)		St Helens Junction

Merseyrail City Line Stations

Wigan	Liverpool Lime Street Edge Hill Wavertree Technology Park Broad Green Roby Huyton Prescot Eccleston Park Thatto Heath St Helens Central Garswood

Newton-le-Willows	Liverpool Lime Street Edge Hill Wavertree Technology Park Broad Green Roby Huyton Whiston Rainhill Lea Green St Helens Junction Earlestown Newton-le-Willows

Warrington	Liverpool Lime Street Edge Hill Mossley Hill West Allerton Liverpool South Parkway Hunts Cross Halewood Hough Green

Railway stations in Merseyside

Knowsley	Halewood Huyton Kirkby Prescot Roby Whiston

Liverpool (city centre stations in italics)	Aigburth Bank Hall Broad Green Brunswick Cressington Edge Hill Fazakerley Hunts Cross James Street Kirkdale Liverpool Central Liverpool Lime Street Liverpool South Parkway Moorfields Mossley Hill Orrell Park Rice Lane St Michaels Sandhills Walton Wavertree Technology Park West Allerton

Sefton	Ainsdale Aintree Birkdale Blundellsands & Crosby Bootle New Strand Bootle Oriel Road Formby Freshfield Hall Road Hightown Hillside Maghull Meols Cop Old Roan Seaforth & Litherland Southport Waterloo

St Helens	Earlestown Eccleston Park Garswood Lea Green Newton-le-Willows Rainford Rainhill St Helens Central St Helens Junction Thatto Heath

Wirral	Bebington Beechwood (proposed) Bidston Birkenhead Central Birkenhead North Birkenhead Park Bromborough Bromborough Rake Conway Park Eastham Rake Green Lane Hamilton Square Heswall Hoylake Leasowe Manor Road Meols Moreton New Brighton Port Sunlight Rock Ferry Spital Upton Wallasey Grove Road Wallasey Village West Kirby Woodchurch (proposed)

Outside Merseyside, but within the Merseytravel area	Hooton Hough Green

Transport in Merseyside Merseytravel Merseyrail

Coordinates: 53°25′37″N 2°43′26″W / 53.427°N 2.724°W / 53.427; -2.724