Whiston railway station

Whiston
General information
Location	Whiston, Knowsley England
Grid reference	SJ471910
Managed by	Northern Trains
Transit authority	Merseytravel
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	WHN
Fare zone	A3/C2/C3
Classification	DfT category E
Key dates
10 September 1990	Opened
Passengers
2018/19	0.193 million
2019/20	0.220 million
2020/21	63,846
2021/22	0.165 million
2022/23	0.203 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Whiston railway station serves the village of

The station is staffed throughout the day, from 06:00 to 23:55 Mondays through to Saturdays and 08:40 to midnight on Sundays. The ticket office is on the Liverpool-bound platform. There are also waiting shelters, help points, timetable poster boards and digital information screens on each platform. Both platforms have step-free access, as has the connecting bridge between them.[1]

Services

Whiston is served by Northern.

The station receives an hourly service to

On Sundays, trains run once per hour between Liverpool Lime Street and Wilmslow via Manchester Airport.

Services are operated mainly using Class 323s & Class 331s.

Gallery

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  The station booking office and entrance.
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  A Northern Rail Class 142 waits at the station.
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  One of the platform waiting shelters.
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  A DB Schenker Class 60 passes through the station with a freight train.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Whiston railway station.

• Train times and station information for Whiston railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Huyton		Liverpool to Manchester Line		Rainhill

53°24′50″N 2°47′46″W / 53.414°N 2.796°W / 53.414; -2.796