Warrington West railway station

Warrington West is a railway station on the Liverpool–Manchester line. The station, situated 17 miles (27 km) east of Liverpool Lime Street, serves the civil parish of Great Sankey, Warrington in Cheshire, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

Warrington West
General information
LocationGreat Sankey, Warrington
England
Coordinates53°23′37″N 2°38′13″W
Owned byNetwork Rail
Operated byNorthern Trains
Platforms2
Tracks2
Other information
Station codeWAW
History
Original companyNetwork Rail
Key dates
16 December 2019Opened
Passengers
2019/2083,902
2020/21 68,936
Location
Warrington West
Location in Cheshire, England
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

It has an interchange for bus services as well as a park and ride with parking for 287 cars.[1] The station is located west of Warrington on the existing southern Liverpool–Manchester line, between Sankey for Penketh and Warrington Central.

History
The station under construction, photographed in February 2019.

Warrington Borough Council applied for funding from the Government's New Stations Fund but the bid failed.[2] However, the council secured part of the funding through other sources and a planning application was approved in 2015, and it was hoped that construction could begin in 2016, until Network Rail increased the estimated cost by £4 million. A fresh bid to the New Stations Fund was successful, and the station opened on 16 December 2019.[3][4]

Services

Since the beginning of the winter 2019 timetable on 15 December, the station has had two trains each hour in both directions calling here off peak (including Sundays) - one express between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Airport via Manchester Piccadilly and one stopping train between Lime Street and Manchester Oxford Road. Extra trains call at peak times.[5]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Sankey for Penketh   Northern Trains
Manchester to Liverpool Line		   Warrington Central
Widnes    

References
  1. "Warrington West railway station concerns raised by residents". Warrington Guardian. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  2. "First look at new Warrington station". Warrington Guardian. 30 May 2013.
  3. Topping, Stephen (10 August 2019). "This is when Warrington's new station will finally open". chesterchronicle. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  4. "Warrington West: Town's new £20.5m railway station opens". BBC. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  5. Northern Timetable 16 - Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool via Warrington Central Northern; Retrieved 28 November 2019
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