Warrington Bank Quay railway station
General information | |
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Location | Warrington, Borough of Warrington England |
Grid reference | SJ599878 |
Managed by | Avanti West Coast |
Platforms | 4 |
Other information | |
Station code | WBQ |
Classification | DfT category B |
History | |
Original company | London and North Western Railway |
Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Key dates | |
16 November 1868 | Station opened (with platforms on two levels) |
9 September 1963 | Low level platforms closed |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 1.336 million |
Interchange | 0.492 million |
2019/20 | 1.481 million |
Interchange | 0.339 million |
2020/21 | 0.312 million |
Interchange | 67,072 |
2021/22 | 0.959 million |
Interchange | 0.233 million |
2022/23 | 1.126 million |
Interchange | 0.468 million |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Warrington Bank Quay is one of three railway stations serving the town centre of
Cheshire Cat Buses are operated from the station into Warrington Bus Interchange and in the opposite direction to the Centre Park business park, Stockton Heath and further south into Cheshire.[1]
Layout
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The station consists of two island platforms. The easternmost retains the 19th century buildings, with the western island's buildings dating from the 1950s. Passengers enter the station at street level through a functional modern entrance containing an information office and ticket office, and proceed through a subway, reaching the elevated platforms by stairs or a lift. There is a buffet on the eastern platform.
Platform 1 serves arrivals and departures to
The station's best known landmark is the huge Unilever detergent manufacturing plant which stands overlooking the site.[2]
The station suffered from years of neglect and, because of this, Virgin Trains announced improvements to the station. In 2009, an extension to the existing car park and a new taxi rank were built, along with improvements to the platforms and a new ticket office and travel centre.[3][4] The new entrance hall is now complete, with a ticket office and a newsagents. The buffet on the London bound platforms has been modernised, however a first class lounge is yet to materialise.
Low Level
Until 1965, 2 west-east oriented
In the
Services
The station lies on the West Coast Main Line, operated by Avanti West Coast, with regular services to London, Birmingham, and Scotland.[8][9] A regular regional express service operates between Manchester, Chester and North Wales operated by Transport for Wales.[10] Northern operate one early morning service per day to Ellesmere Port via Helsby with returning evening service.[11] The regular electric local service to and from Liverpool Lime Street that ran up until spring 2020 no longer operates.
Normal weekday service consists of:
- Hourly to London Euston direct, operated by Avanti West Coast
- Hourly to London Euston via Birmingham New Street, operated by Avanti West Coast
- Hourly to Glasgow Central, operated by Avanti West Coast, with 2tph 3 times per day.
- Two-hourly to Edinburgh Waverley, operated by Avanti West Coast
- Every four hours, 3tpd, to Blackpool North, operated by Avanti West Coast
- Hourly to Manchester Piccadilly, operated by Transport for Wales
- Hourly to Llandudno, operated by Transport for Wales
- Hourly to Manchester Victoria operated by Northern
- Hourly to Chester (express - Northern)
- There is also a limited service to Ellesmere Port and Liverpool Lime Street operated by Northern.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Runcorn East | Chester to Manchester Line
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Earlestown | ||
Runcorn East | Ellesmere Port to Warrington Line Mondays-Saturdays only |
Terminus | ||
Wigan North Western | Avanti West Coast West Coast Main Line |
London Euston | ||
Crewe | ||||
Rugby | ||||
Chester | Northern Connect Chester - Leeds |
Earlestown | ||
Runcorn East | ||||
Future services | ||||
Liverpool Lime Street | TBA Northern Powerhouse Rail |
Manchester Interchange
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Liverpool Lime Street | TBA Northern Powerhouse Rail |
Crewe | ||
Historical railways | ||||
Daresbury | Birkenhead Joint Railway
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Terminus | ||
Moore | London and North Western Railway Grand Junction Railway |
Earlestown | ||
Disused railways | ||||
Sankey Bridges | St Helens Railway
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Warrington Arpley |
References
- ^ "Cheshire Cat Service Timetable". Warrington's Own Buses. April 2018. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ^ David Dixon. "Bank Quay Station, Warrington". www.geograph.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ "Warrington Guardian article". Warrington Guardian. 2006. Retrieved 1 March 2008.
- ^ "Improvements arriving soon at Warrington Bank Quay station". Virgin Trains. 2007. Archived from the original on 30 March 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2008.
- ^ Fields, Gilbert & Knight 1980, Photo 251
- ^ "Warrington Bank Quay(Low Level)". Disused Stations. 2006. Archived from the original on 16 December 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2009.
- ^ "Integrated Rail Plan for the North and Midlands". GOV.UK. 22 March 2022.
- ^ "Scheduled timetable book for 11 December 2022 to 20 May 2023" (PDF). Avanti West Coast.
- ^ "Scheduled timetable book for 21 May 2023 to 9 December 2023" (PDF). Avanti West Coast.
- ^ GB eNRT May 2023 Edition, Table 77
- ^ GB eNRT May 2023 Edition, Tables 77 & 85
Bibliography
- Fields, N; Gilbert, A C; Knight, N R (1980). Liverpool to Manchester into the Second Century. Manchester Transport Museum Society. ISBN 0-900857-19-6.
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Chester to Warrington. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 97-120. OCLC 910526793.
External links
- Train times and station information for Warrington Bank Quay railway station from National Rail