Manor Road railway station

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Manor Road
National Rail
Shelter and footbridge, Manor Road Station, Hoylake (geograph 2985665).jpg
Platforms and footbridge.
LocationHoylake, Wirral
England
Grid referenceSJ222893
Managed byMerseyrail
Transit authorityMerseytravel
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeMNR
Fare zoneB2
ClassificationDfT category E
Key dates
1940Opened
Passengers
2016/17Decrease 0.251 million
2017/18Decrease 0.246 million
2018/19Increase 0.332 million
2019/20Increase 0.368 million
2020/21Decrease 90,840
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Manor Road railway station is situated between Hoylake and Meols on the Wirral Peninsula, England. It lies on the West Kirby branch of the Wirral Line, part of the Merseyrail network.

History[]

Proposed by 1936,[1] the station was opened on 15 May 1940[2] by the London Midland and Scottish Railway, following their 1938 electrification of the former Wirral Railway's route from Birkenhead to West Kirby and the start of through trains to Liverpool.

Facilities[]

The station is staffed during all opening hours, and has platform CCTV.[3] Each of the two platforms has a seated waiting shelter. There is a payphone, booking office and live departure and arrival screens, for passenger information. The station does not have a car park, but does have a secure cycle storage for 10 cycles. There is step-free access available only for the Liverpool-bound platform, for wheelchairs and prams.[4]

Services[]

Current services are every 15 minutes (Monday to Saturday daytime) to West Kirby and Liverpool. At other times, trains operate every 30 minutes.[5] These services are all provided by Merseyrail's fleet of Class 507 and Class 508 EMUs.

Gallery[]

  • On the Liverpool-bound platform, looking towards Meols.

  • A view in the direction of West Kirby.

  • A Merseyrail Class 507 on the West Kirby-bound platform.

  • The waiting shelter on the West Kirby-bound platform.

References[]

  1. ^ Lee, Charles E. (September 1936). "The Mersey Railway". The Railway Magazine. Vol. 79, no. 471. p. 158.
  2. ^ Maund 2009, pp. 176–177
  3. ^ "Station Facilities for Manor Road". National Rail. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  4. ^ "Manor Road train station facilities". Merseyrail. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Wirral Line timetable" (PDF). Merseyrail. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.

Sources[]

  • Maund, T.B. (2009). The Wirral Railway and its Predecessors. Lydney: Lightmoor Press. pp. 176–177. ISBN 978-1-899889-38-9.

Further reading[]

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2014). Birkenhead to West Kirby. Middleton Press. figs. 48-49. ISBN 9781908174611. OCLC 885451764.

External links[]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Hoylake
towards West Kirby 		  Merseyrail
Wirral Line
West Kirby Branch 		  Meols
towards Liverpool Central

Coordinates: 53°23′42″N 3°10′16″W / 53.395°N 3.171°W / 53.395; -3.171

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