Spital railway station
Spital  | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Spital |
| Local authority | Wirral |
| Coordinates | 53°20′24″N 2°59′39″W / 53.3400°N 2.9941°WCoordinates: 53°20′24″N 2°59′39″W / 53.3400°N 2.9941°W |
| Grid reference | SJ338831 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SPI |
| Managed by | Merseyrail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.319 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.310 million |
| 2013/14 |
 0.439 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.470 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.496 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Merseytravel |
| Zone | B1/B2 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Spital from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Spital railway station, on the former main line from Birkenhead Woodside to London Paddington, is situated near Bebington on the Wirral Peninsula, England in the small suburb of Spital. The station is located on the Wirral Line operated by Merseyrail and there are frequent third rail electric train services to Liverpool, Chester and Ellesmere Port.
Facilities
The station is staffed, during all opening hours, and has platform CCTV.[1] There is a payphone, a vending machine and a booking office. There are departure and arrival screens on the platforms for passenger information. Each of the two platforms has sheltered seating. The station has a car park, with 70 spaces, a cycle rack with 14 spaces, and a secure cycle locker with 30 spaces.[2] Access to the station booking office is straightforward. There is no easy access for passengers with wheelchairs or prams to the platforms, as this is by staircase only.[3] Platform access has not been modernised to the standard of that at Hooton.
Services
Trains run to Liverpool at a frequency of approximately every 10 minutes and a service to Chester every 15 minutes on weekdays and Saturdays until late evening when the service to each destination becomes half-hourly, as it is on Sundays. Additionally there is a half-hourly service to Ellesmere Port all day, every day.[4] Northbound trains operate via Hamilton Square station in Birkenhead and the Mersey Railway Tunnel to Liverpool. Southbound trains all proceed as far as Hooton, where the lines to Chester and Ellesmere Port divide. These services are all provided by Merseyrail's fleet of Class 507 and Class 508 EMUs.
Gallery
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The platform furniture.
The station frontage.
References
- ↑ Station Facilities for Spital Accessed 2013-12-20
- ↑ Spital train station facilities, Merseyrail Accessed 2013-12-20
- ↑ Spital Station Plan Accessed 2013-12-20
- ↑ "Wirral Line timetable" (PDF). Merseyrail. Retrieved 2013-12-18.
Further reading
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2012). Chester to Birkenhead. Middleton Press. figs. 52-55. ISBN 9781908174215. OCLC 811323335.
External links
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- Train times and station information for Spital railway station from National Rail
- Station information for Spital railway station from Merseyrail
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Bromborough Rake towards Chester or Ellesmere Port |
Merseyrail Wirral Line |
Port Sunlight towards Liverpool Central | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Bromborough Line and station open |
GWR & LNWR Chester and Birkenhead Railway |
Port Sunlight Line and station open | ||