Wallasey Grove Road railway station

Wallasey Grove Road railway station is situated in Wallasey, Wirral, England. It is situated on the Wirral Line 6 1⁄2 miles (10.5 km) west of Liverpool Lime Street on the Merseyrail network.

Wallasey Grove Road
A Merseyrail Class 507 at Wallasey Grove Road.
LocationWallasey, Wirral
England
Grid referenceSJ290929
Managed byMerseyrail
Transit authorityMerseytravel
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeWLG
Fare zoneB1
ClassificationDfT category E
Key dates
1888Opened as Wallasey
1938Electrified
31 May 1948Renamed as Wallasey Grove Road[1]
Passengers
2015/16 0.545 million
2016/17 0.488 million
2017/18 0.453 million
2018/19 0.615 million
2019/20 0.679 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The station was built on the Wirral Railway's route from Birkenhead Park to New Brighton, opening as a temporary terminus from 2 January to 30 March 1888.[2] Through services via the Mersey Railway Tunnel to Liverpool commenced in 1938, when the London Midland and Scottish Railway electrified the line.

Facilities

The station is staffed, during all opening hours, and has platform CCTV.[3] There is a payphone, a vending machine and a waiting room on platform 1, a booking office, live departure and arrival screens, for passenger information, and each of the two platforms also has a further sheltered waiting area.[4] The station has a free "Park and Ride" car park with 168 spaces, a drop-off point, a cycle rack with six spaces and secure storage for 20 cycles.[5] Both platforms can be easily accessed by separate entrances, which are a 250 metres (270 yd) walk apart, without the use of staircases. However, there is no easier access, cross-platform, for passengers with wheelchairs or prams, as other access is by staircase only.[4]

Services

Current service levels are every 15 minutes to Liverpool and New Brighton during Monday to Saturday daytime, and every 30 minutes at other times.[6] These services are all provided by Merseyrail's fleet of Class 507 and Class 508 EMUs.

Wallasey Grove Road has been adopted by the Edible Wirral Partnership for the growing of fresh fruits and vegetables on the station's platforms.[7]

  • The platforms and footbridge.
  • The platform canopy and signage.
  • A roadside view of the station building.
  • The view towards New Brighton.

References
  1. Mitchell & Smith 2013, map XXXIX
  2. Mitchell & Smith 2013, fig. 111
  3. Station Facilities for Wallasey Grove Road Accessed 2013-12-19
  4. Wallasey Grove Road Plan Accessed 2013-12-19
  5. Wallasey Grove Road train station, Merseyrail Accessed 2017-02-27
  6. "Wirral Line timetable" (PDF). Merseyrail. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  7. "Vegetables bloom at Wallasey Grove Road station". Wirral Globe. Retrieved 29 January 2014.

Sources
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Wrexham to New Brighton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 9781908174475. OCLC 859543196.
Preceding station National Rail Following station
New Brighton   Merseyrail
Wirral Line
New Brighton Branch		   Wallasey Village
  Historical railways  
Warren
Line open, station closed		   London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Wirral Railway		   Wallasey Village
Line and station open

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