Hough Green railway station

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Hough Green railway station
Location
Place Hough Green
Local authority Halton
Coordinates 53°22′21″N 2°46′30″W / 53.3725°N 2.775°W / 53.3725; -2.775Coordinates: 53°22′21″N 2°46′30″W / 53.3725°N 2.775°W / 53.3725; -2.775
Grid reference SJ485864
Operations
Station code HGN
Managed by Northern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2011/12 Increase 0.187 million
2012/13 Decrease 0.178 million
2013/14 Increase 0.276 million
2014/15 Increase 0.282 million
2015/16 Decrease 0.279 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE Merseytravel
Zone A2
History
Original company Cheshire Lines Committee
Pre-grouping Cheshire Lines Committee
Post-grouping Cheshire Lines Committee
May 1874 (1874-05) Station 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 Hough Green from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Hough Green railway station is a railway station to the west of Widnes in Halton, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade listed building.[1] The station is on the Liverpool-Warrington-Manchester Line 10 miles 42 chains (16.9 km) east of Liverpool Lime Street[2] and all trains serving it are operated by Northern.

History

The station was opened in May 1874 by the Cheshire Lines Committee.[3] It was formerly a junction for a loop line via Widnes Central, closed in 1964.

Facilities

The station is of the standard Cheshire Lines Committee style and, like other Merseytravel stations, is staffed full-time (06:00 - 00:10 weekdays, 08:40 - 22:40 Sundays). There is a car park outside. Part of the station building is occupied by a taxi firm.

The eastbound platform features the original brick-built waiting room which is still in use. Train running information is provided by automated announcements and digital display screens; there is step-free access only on the westbound side.[4]

Services

Services operate approximately half-hourly (Monday-Saturday daytimes) in each direction, towards Liverpool South Parkway and Liverpool Lime Street to the west and towards Widnes and Manchester Oxford Road in the east. Services are less frequent in the late evenings and on Sundays, usually every 60 minutes. Most services are operated by Northern, but one train per day to Liverpool Lime Street is operated by East Midlands Trains.[5]

Although the station is outside the metropolitan county of Merseyside, tickets issued by Merseytravel (which usually can only be used within Merseyside) are valid for travel to and from Hough Green.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Halewood   Northern
Manchester to Liverpool Line		   Widnes
Hunts Cross   East Midlands Trains
Nottingham-Liverpool (1 service, in this direction only)		   Widnes
Disused railways
Halewood
Line and station open		   Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies' Committee
Widnes Loop		   Widnes Central
Line and station closed

See also

References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "Hough Green Railway Station (1330351)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  2. ↑ Yonge, John (March 2005) [1990]. Jacobs, Gerald, ed. Railway Track Diagrams 4: Midlands & North West (2nd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 46C. ISBN 0-9549866-0-1.
  3. ↑ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 124. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  4. ↑ Irlam station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 12 December 2016
  5. ↑ GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 89 (Network Rail)
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