Birchwood railway station

Birchwood railway station is a railway station serving the town of Birchwood Cheshire, England. The station is 24+1⁄4 miles (39.0 km) East of Liverpool Lime Street railway station and 13+1⁄4 miles (21.3 km) west of Manchester Piccadilly on the Liverpool-Manchester line.

Birchwood
National Rail
Birchwood railway station, July 2018
General information
LocationBirchwood, Warrington
England
Coordinates53.4124°N 2.5253°W / 53.4124; -2.5253
Grid referenceSJ651908
Managed byNorthern Trains
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBWD
ClassificationDfT category D
History
OpenedJuly 1981
Passengers
2017/18Decrease 0.688 million
2018/19Decrease 0.626 million
2019/20Decrease 0.600 million
2020/21Decrease 0.120 million
2021/22Increase 0.330 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
Birchwood station, 1995

The station is operated by Northern Trains and is on the southern route of the Liverpool–Manchester Line. It is staffed full-time (between 0610 and 2345 Mondays–Saturdays and 0825 and 2320 Sundays).

Facilities

There is sheltered seating on both platforms with a ticket office with seating on the Manchester-bound platform. A footbridge connects the two platforms. Outside the station there is a bus stop and the station is close to the Birchwood shopping mall.

The ticket office is open until 22:00, though it does occasionally close during the day whilst staff carry out other duties. During the daytime there are three staff members on the station (station clerk, kiosk and a cleaner), and two of an evening (station clerk and a security guard). When the ticket office is closed there are 2 ticket machines in the station building on platform 1 and 1 in the waiting room on platform 2.[1] Train running information is provided by automated announcements, digital information screens and timetable posters. Step-free access is available via lifts on both platforms (commissioned in the autumn of 2014).[2]

Services

The station sees a general frequency of three to four trains per hour, per direction. As of December 2022, services are provided by Northern Trains and TransPennine Express, with limited East Midlands Railway calls at certain points of the day.

Northern

Most stopping trains originating from Liverpool Lime Street now terminate at Warrington Central.

TransPennine Express

East Midlands Railway
  • Two morning peak trains to Norwich
  • One train per day to Liverpool Lime Street

area, particularly of those that use the

Castlefield corridor
To Salford Crescent
To Manchester Victoria Manchester Metrolink
To Eccles
To Trafford Park
Deansgate Manchester Metrolink
 Manchester Oxford Road
 Manchester Piccadilly Manchester Metrolink
To Mauldeth Road
To Levenshulme
To Ardwick

and

Ordsall Chord
To Leeds
 Manchester Victoria Manchester Metrolink
Salford Central
To Bolton
Salford Crescent
To Liverpool
Ordsall Chord
To Warrington
Deansgate Manchester Metrolink
 Manchester Oxford Road
 Manchester Piccadilly Manchester Metrolink
To Stockport and Mcr Airport

, TransPennine Express has returned to the route, diverting the Cleethorpes service that would terminate at Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool instead.

History

The station was officially opened by British Rail Chairman Sir Peter Parker on 31 July 1981.[3] Constructed at a cost of £750,000, it was the result of cooperation between British Rail, Warrington New Town Development Corporation, Warrington Borough Council and local bus companies.[3] Bus interchange facilities were provided at the station, which served a developing residential and commercial area.[3] The initial service provision was 50 trains per day.[3]

References
  1. Birchwood station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 12 December 2016
  2. Easier access for passengers at Birchwood Network Rail Media Centre article; Retrieved 12 December 2016
  3. Long, Charles, ed. (September 1981). "Official opening of Birchwood station". Modern Railways. 38 (396): 389.
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