Wavertree Technology Park railway station

Wavertree Technology Park railway station is in the suburbs of Liverpool, at the western end of Olive Mount cutting, on the original Liverpool-Manchester line. The station opened on 13 August 2000,[1] at a cost of £2 million. Train services are operated by Northern Trains.

Wavertree Technology Park
Location	Wavertree, Liverpool England
Grid reference	SJ387902
Managed by	Northern Trains
Transit authority	Merseytravel
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	WAV
Fare zone	C1
Classification	DfT category F1
Key dates
2000	Opened
Passengers
2015/16	0.515 million
2016/17	0.533 million
2017/18	0.553 million
2018/19	0.315 million
2019/20	0.338 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Since 5 March 2015, trains through the station have used overhead wire electric traction,[2] as part of the electrification of George Stephenson's original Liverpool and Manchester Railway and the branch line to Wigan.

Facilities

The station has a ticket office (located on the bridge above the platforms) that is staffed throughout the hours of service, seven days per week (05:15 - midnight Monday to Saturday, 08:00 - 23:45 Sunday). Waiting shelters are provided at platform level on each side, with digital display screens, customer help points and an automated public address system to provide train running information. Both platforms have lifts from the footbridge (which has ramped access from the main entrance and car park), so are fully accessible for mobility-impaired users.[3]

Services

There are four trains per hour in each direction (Mon-Sat) and all services are operated by Northern Trains:

Eastbound

• 1tph to Warrington Bank Quay
• 1tph to Crewe via Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport
• 2tph to Wigan North Western

All call at all local stations en route. At peak periods and early mornings/late evenings, a few trains run to Manchester Victoria and Blackpool North.[4] On Sundays, there are three trains per hour that call - one to Manchester Airport and Wilmslow, one to Wigan and one to Preston & Blackpool. The fast services to the Airport and regular locals to Victoria both ended at the May 2018 timetable change. This timetable change was also when TransPennine Express introduced Liverpool-North East services, which run via Manchester Victoria. These pass through the station without stopping.

Westbound

• 4tph to Liverpool Lime Street (3tph on Sundays)

All of these call at Edge Hill on weekdays; on Sundays all run non-stop to Lime Street.

Gallery

• 
  The station during the evening.
• 
  A Northern Rail Class 156 waits at the station.
• 
  The view towards the Olive Mount cutting.
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  Platform information and signage.

References

1. "Railway Stations Opened". trundleage.co.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
2. "Better rail services become a reality between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Airport station". Network Rail Media Centre. Network Rail. 5 March 2015. Archived from the original on 9 March 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
3. Wavertree Technology Park station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 11-01-2017
4. Table 90 National Rail timetable, May 2019

External links

• Train times and station information for Wavertree Technology Park railway station from National Rail