Broad Green railway station

Broad Green railway station is a railway station serving the Broadgreen district of Liverpool, England. It is situated 3 ¹⁄₂ miles (5.6 km) east of Liverpool Lime Street. Electrically powered trains have been operating through the station since March 2015, using Class 319 EMUs.

Broad Green
Location	Broadgreen, Liverpool England
Grid reference	SJ406903
Managed by	Northern Trains
Transit authority	Merseytravel
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BGE
Fare zone	C1
Classification	DfT category E
History
Original company	Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
15 September 1830	Station opened
Passengers
2015/16	0.622 million
2016/17	0.647 million
2017/18	0.692 million
2018/19	0.424 million
2019/20	0.483 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The oldest passenger station in the world was Crown Street railway station on the Liverpool and Manchester passenger railway opening on 17 September 1830. The trains set out on the first day at the Liverpool end. The second station on the line was the original Edge Hill railway station, the third was Broad Green station. In 1836 Crown Street station was demolished and Edge Hill decommissioned. A new Edge Hill station opened to the north of the original station in the grounds of the Edge Hill junction. This leaves Broad Green station as the oldest used railway station in the world. The current station buildings are not original[1] dating from 1972.[2]

About 110 yards (100 m) to the east of the station the abandoned North Liverpool Extension Line passes under the lines, which is currently part of the Trans Pennine Trail.[3]

Facilities

The ticket office is located on the Liverpool-bound platform (platform 1) and like most Merseytravel-sponsored stations is manned throughout the hours of service, seven days per week. A waiting shelter is provided on platform 2 and there are digital display screens and customer help points provided on both sides. The platforms are linked by a subway with steps, but level access is available to both sides via nearby streets.[4]

Merseytravel announced in April 2019 that they had been successful in a bid for funding lifts being installed at the station under the Department for Transport's ‘Access for All’ programme. The lifts are expected to be installed at some point over the following five years.[5]

The station is located very close to junction 4 of the M62 motorway however it is not a 'parkway' or an 'interchange' station. It has recently introduced a 'Park and Ride' scheme, with a large car park situated on the south side of the station. Broadgreen Hospital is a little under half a mile away.

Services

The station is operated by Northern Trains, being served by trains from Liverpool Lime Street to Wigan North Western, Manchester Victoria and Warrington Bank Quay. Trains to and from Liverpool Lime Street are approximately every 15 minutes through most of the day.

The normal eastbound off-peak service is of two trains per hour to Wigan North Western, one to Manchester Piccadilly and thence to Crewe and one to Warrington Bank Quay. Westbound, there are four trains per hour to Liverpool Lime Street. A more frequent service operates at peak times, including a few trains to and from Manchester Victoria.[6]

On Sundays, there is an hourly service from Lime Street to Blackpool North via Wigan North Western and Preston and a second train each hour to Wigan only. In addition services run hourly from Lime Street to Wilmslow via Manchester Piccadilly and the Airport calling at all stations en route to Piccadilly.

There is no service to Warrington Bank Quay on a Sunday.

Merseyrail map with Broad Green on the City Line

Gallery

• 
  1865 postcard of Broad Green
• 
  The view westward, towards Liverpool Lime St. in 1962.
• 
  A broad view of the two platforms, next to the M62 bridge.
• 
  A Northern Rail Class 156 waits at the station.
• 
  The booking office, from the street.

References

1. http://www.8dassociation.btck.co.uk/Stations/TheLM
2. "Face-lift for Broad Green". Railway Magazine. November 1971. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
3. OpenStreetMap
4. Broad Green station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 11 January 2017
5. McDonough, Tony (5 April 2019). "Merseytravel secures funding for passenger lifts at six Merseyrail stations". Liverpool Business News. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
6. Table 90 National Rail timetable, May 2019

External links

• Train times and station information for Broad Green railway station from National Rail