Neston railway station
Neston  | |
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| Location | Neston, Cheshire West and Chester England |
| Grid reference | SJ292777 |
| Managed by | Transport for Wales |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | NES |
| Classification | DfT category F2 |
| Key dates | |
| 1896 | Opened,[1] named as Neston & Parkgate |
| 15 September 1952 | Renamed as Neston North[2] |
| 6 May 1968 | Renamed as Neston |
| Passengers | |
| 2015/16 |  49,340 |
| 2016/17 | 44,892 |
| 2017/18 | 42,924 |
| 2018/19 |  43,810 |
| 2019/20 | 42,554 |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
Neston railway station serves the town of Neston, Cheshire, England. This is the last station on the English part of the Borderlands Line before it reaches Wales. The station is 8¾ miles (14 km) south of Bidston.
History[]
There was once a substantial station building on the Bidston bound platform. This fell into disrepair in the late 1990s though, and was finally demolished when the station was modernised for Disability Discrimination Act compliancy in 2003.[citation needed]
Future[]
Long standing plans to electrify the Borderlands Line have been put on hold due to the prohibitive cost of installing third rail electrification. This has led Merseytravel to look at other options for the line, including the possibility of overhead lines.[3]
Facilities[]
The station is unstaffed and only 'bus shelter' type structures offer passengers any protection from the elements. Bus interchange is available from the stop on Ladies Walk adjacent the Bidston bound platform. This is also from where rail replacement services leave. The station has a small car park next to the Wrexham bound platform and a larger car park on the opposite side of the line, both owned and operated by the local council.[4]
Services[]
The station is served by an hourly service on weekdays (two-hourly in the evening & on bank holidays)[5] southbound to Wrexham Central and northbound to Bidston for connections to Liverpool via the Wirral Line. Services are provided by Transport for Wales' fleet of Class 150 diesel multiple units.
On Sundays there are departures approximately every 90 minutes in each direction.
Gallery[]
An Arriva Trains Wales Class 150 at the station.
The decorated station underpass.
The entrance to the Bidston-bound platform.
Station furniture on the Wrexham-bound platform.
References[]
- ^ Greatorex 2014, Neston: Station
- ^ Mitchell & Smith 2013, fig. 84
- ^ "The Wrexham to Bidston railway (The Borderlands line): Electrification plans". Retrieved 17 February 2007.
- ^ "Station Facilities for Neston". National Rail Enquiries. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
- ^ Table 101 National Rail timetable, May 2017
Sources[]
- Greatorex, Vanessa (2014). Parkgate & Neston Through Time. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445608990. OCLC 861648186.
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Wrexham to New Brighton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 9781908174475. OCLC 859543196.
External links[]
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- Train times and station information for Neston railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawarden Bridge or Shotton | Transport for Wales Borderlands Line |
Heswall | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Burton Point | Great Central Railway North Wales and Liverpool Railway |
Heswall | ||
Coordinates: 53°17′31″N 3°03′50″W / 53.292°N 3.064°W
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