Bromborough railway station

Bromborough

Location
Place	Bromborough
Local authority	Wirral
Coordinates	53°19′18″N 2°59′13″W / 53.3218°N 2.9869°W / 53.3218; -2.9869Coordinates: 53°19′18″N 2°59′13″W / 53.3218°N 2.9869°W / 53.3218; -2.9869
Grid reference	SJ343809
Operations
Station code	BOM
Managed by	Merseyrail
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	0.880 million
2011/12	0.877 million
2012/13	0.824 million
2013/14	0.586 million
2014/15	0.625 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	B2
History
Key dates	Opened 1841 (1841)
National Rail – UK railway stations

* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bromborough from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Bromborough railway station is one of two stations serving the Bromborough area of the Wirral, England. The station is situated on the Chester and Ellesmere Port branches of the Wirral Line, part of the Merseyrail network.

History

View southward, towards Chester in 1961

The station is on the former Chester and Birkenhead Railway, which opened in 1840. The station itself opened in 1841.

Direct train services to Liverpool began in 1985, when the line between Rock Ferry and Hooton was electrified; previously passengers for Liverpool had to change at Rock Ferry. Further electrification by British Rail in early 1990s allowed electric train services to be extended, first to Chester in 1993 and then Ellesmere Port in 1994.

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 platform, for passenger information. Each of the two platforms has sheltered seating. There is a free car park with 87 spaces, which is across Allport Road, a cycle rack with 8 spaces, and a secure cycle locker with 76 spaces.^[2] Access to the station booking office from Allport Road is straightforward. Access to each of the two platforms is by a stepped ramp or a staircase. This allows relatively easy access for passengers with wheelchairs or prams.^[3] Platform access has not been modernised to the standard of that at Hooton.

Services

Trains operate every 15 minutes between Chester and Liverpool on weekdays and Saturdays until late evening when the service becomes half-hourly, as it is on Sundays. Additionally there is a half-hourly service between Liverpool and 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

A Class 508 arrives with a service to Hooton.
The booking office, waiting room and bridge.
The station sign on Allport Road.
The station frontage.

References

↑ Station Facilities for Bromborough Accessed 2013-12-20
↑ Bromborough train station facilities, Merseyrail Accessed 2013-12-20
↑ Bromborough Station Plan
↑ "Wirral Line timetable" (PDF). Merseyrail. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2013-12-18.

External links

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Train times and station information for Bromborough railway station from National Rail

Station information for Bromborough railway station from Merseyrail

Preceding station	National Rail		Following station
Eastham Rake towards Chester or Ellesmere Port		Merseyrail Wirral Line	Bromborough Rake towards Liverpool Central
	Historical railways
Hooton Line and station open		GWR & LNWR Chester and Birkenhead Railway	Spital Line and station open

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 Town Green Aughton Park Ormskirk

Transport in Merseyside Merseytravel Merseyrail

Merseyrail Wirral Line Stations

New Brighton Branch:	New Brighton Wallasey Grove Road Wallasey Village

West Kirby Branch:	West Kirby Hoylake Manor Road Meols Moreton Leasowe Bidston

Northern Branch:	Birkenhead North Birkenhead Park Conway Park

Liverpool Loop:	Hamilton Square James Street Moorfields Liverpool Lime Street Liverpool Central

Southern Branch:	Birkenhead Central Green Lane Rock Ferry Bebington Port Sunlight Spital Bromborough Rake Bromborough Eastham Rake Hooton

Chester Branch:	Capenhurst Bache Chester

Ellesmere Port Branch:	Little Sutton Overpool Ellesmere Port

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