Warrington Central railway station

Warrington Central
First TransPennine Express Class 185 Desiro unit no. 185140 calls at Warrington Central with a service to Liverpool Lime Street from Scarborough in December 2008
Location	Warrington, Warrington England
Coordinates	53°23′30″N 2°35′35″W / 53.3918°N 2.5930°W / 53.3918; -2.5930Coordinates: 53°23′30″N 2°35′35″W / 53.3918°N 2.5930°W / 53.3918; -2.5930
Grid reference	SJ606885
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	WAC
Classification	DfT category D
History
Opened	circa 1873
Passengers
2016/17	1.730 million
2017/18	1.764 million
2018/19	1.695 million
Interchange	0.348 million
2019/20	1.450 million
Interchange	0.253 million
2020/21	0.305 million
Interchange	63,059
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Warrington Central railway station is one of two main railway stations serving the town of Warrington in the north-west of England. It is located on the southern route of the Liverpool to Manchester Lines (the former Cheshire Lines Committee route between Liverpool and Manchester), being situated approximately halfway between the two cities. Central station is served by diesel stopping trains between Liverpool and Manchester, and diesel express services between Liverpool and Manchester Airport, as well as between Liverpool and East Anglia.

Central station has no electrified lines, being served only by diesel trains. The second station serving the town centre is Warrington Bank Quay, which accommodates electrified lines on the West Coast Main Line with express services to London Euston, Birmingham New Street and Scotland, and also an electrified service to Liverpool Lime Street.

Facilities[]

Warrington Central station in 2004

The main station building faces away from the town and is of a classical style with some polychrome brickwork. Most of it is rented out to small businesses, the booking office and other facilities having been relocated to a modern building at a lower level. From street level, passengers climb six steps or a short ramp to reach the booking office, and climb further steps to the platforms. Disabled passengers can now easily access both platforms as lifts were installed in June 2008, making Warrington Central fully accessible for the first time.

The station has a customer service office, toilets, waiting rooms, a newsagent and a coffee stall. The entrance building was enlarged and modernised in 2010–11.

Outside there is a car park and a taxi rank. The station is located close to Warrington Bus Interchange.

The adjoining Cheshire Lines Warehouse (a listed building) has been redeveloped as apartments, along with six new apartment blocks.

Services[]

Eight trains an hour pass through Warrington Central.

Northern Trains operates two through stopping services in each direction from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Oxford Road. Late evening services operate between Warrington and either Manchester or Liverpool.

Northern also runs an hourly express service between Lime Street and Manchester Airport, which replaces the through TransPennine Express service to and from Scarborough which ended at the May 2018 timetable change (it was diverted to run via Newton-le-Willows and Manchester Victoria under the terms of the 2016 Northern and TPE franchise awards).^[1][2]

East Midlands Railway operates an hourly service from Liverpool Lime Street calling at Liverpool South Parkway and Widnes, which continues via Manchester, Sheffield and Nottingham to Norwich. Late services run to Nottingham only.^[3]

The typical off-peak service is:

Northern

• 1tph (trains per hour) to Manchester Airport
• 2tph to Manchester Oxford Road
• 3tph to Liverpool Lime Street

East Midlands

• 1tph to Norwich via Manchester Piccadilly, Sheffield, Nottingham
• 1tph to Liverpool Lime Street

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• Train times and station information for Warrington Central railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Warrington West		Northern Trains Liverpool Lime Street – Manchester Airport		Birchwood
Widnes		Northern Trains Liverpool to Manchester Line		Padgate
Warrington West				Birchwood
Widnes		East Midlands Railway Liverpool – Norwich		Manchester Oxford Road
				Birchwood Limited Service
	Future services
Liverpool Lime Street		Northern Connect Liverpool Lime Street – Manchester Airport		Manchester Piccadilly