Eccleston Park railway station

Eccleston Park
Wigan-bound Northern Electrics Class 319 EMU at Eccleston Park
Location
Place	Eccleston Park
Local authority	St Helens
Coordinates	53°25′51″N 2°46′50″W / 53.4307°N 2.7805°W / 53.4307; -2.7805Coordinates: 53°25′51″N 2°46′50″W / 53.4307°N 2.7805°W / 53.4307; -2.7805
Grid reference	SJ482929
Operations
Station code	ECL
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*
2010/11	0.162 million
2011/12	0.164 million
2012/13	0.157 million
2013/14	0.114 million
2014/15	0.110 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	A2
History
Key dates	Opened 1871 (1871)
National Rail – UK railway stations

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

Eccleston Park railway station serves the Eccleston Park area of Prescot, Merseyside, England. It is situated on the electrified Liverpool to Wigan Line. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern. Electrification of this line was given the go-ahead in November, 2010. On 17 May 2015, electric train services began on the Liverpool to Wigan line, operating Class 319 electric multiple units.

Services

During Monday to Saturday daytimes, Eccleston Park is served by trains every 30 minutes each way between Liverpool Lime Street and Wigan North Western. This drops to one per hour each way after 20.00. No trains call here on Sundays.^[1]

Gallery

A Northern Rail Class 142 arrives with a service to Liverpool.
The station booking office and waiting room.
The platforms and Portico Lane bridge.
The station entrance on Portico Lane.
LMS Stanier 4-6-2 "Princess Elizabeth" 6201 powers through the station on a heritage railtour.

References

↑ Table 90 National Rail timetable, May 2016

External links

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Train times and station information for Eccleston Park railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Prescot		Northern Liverpool to Wigan Line Mondays-Saturdays only		Thatto Heath

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 Town Green Aughton Park Ormskirk

Transport in Merseyside Merseytravel Merseyrail

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