West Allerton railway station

West Allerton National Rail
Location
Place Allerton
Local authority Liverpool
Coordinates 53°22′11″N 2°54′27″W / 53.3696°N 2.9075°WCoordinates: 53°22′11″N 2°54′27″W / 53.3696°N 2.9075°W
Grid reference SJ397862
Operations
Station code WSA
Managed by Northern Rail
Number of platforms 4
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05  23,291
2005/06 Increase 28,843
2006/07 Decrease 28,084
2007/08 Decrease 26,936
2008/09 Increase 36,874
2009/10 Increase 40,478
2010/11 Increase 46,098
2011/12 Increase 46,556
2012/13 Decrease 45,966
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE Merseyside
Zone C1
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at West Allerton from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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West Allerton railway station serves the suburb of Allerton, Liverpool in the north west of England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern Rail.

The station opened on 2 January 1939.

There are 4 platforms, 2 of which, platforms 1 and 2, are located on the fast lines and are where most trains stop. 3 & 4 are on the slow lines and are used infrequently, mainly where faster services are booked to overtake stopping services on this stretch of line (This is most common in the Liverpool-bound direction). The platform layout consists of 3 structures:

- Platform 1 - single faced, on the Up Fast line.

- Platform 2-3 - double faced, between the Down Fast line & Up Slow lines.

- Platform 4 - single faced, on the Down Slow line.

All platforms have a basic glass and metal shelter approximately halfway along; the centre platform (2-3) is fully enclosed, whereas the outer platforms have single sided ones. Help points are provided for emergency use and for train running information.

The station building on the over bridge has a staffed booking office that is open during hours when trains are serving the station, this is operated by Northern Rail the station operator.

To the south is Allerton station which closed in 2005 to make way for Liverpool South Parkway which opened the following year.

Services

Services are roughly half hourly in each direction, towards Mossley Hill and Liverpool Lime Street to the west and towards Liverpool South Parkway and Manchester Oxford Road in the east. In the evenings the frequency is hourly in each direction.

xx:06 to Manchester Oxford Road via Warrington Central (Northern Rail)

calling: Liverpool South Parkway, Hunts Cross, Halewood, Hough Green, Widnes, Sankey for Penketh, Warrington Central, Padgate, Birchwood, Irlam, Urmston, Manchester Deansgate and Manchester Oxford Road

xx:36 to Liverpool Lime Street (Northern Rail)

calling: Mossley Hill, Edge Hill and Liverpool Lime Street

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Preceding station National Rail Following station
Mossley Hill   Northern Rail
Liverpool to Manchester Line		   Liverpool South Parkway