Glazebrook railway station
Glazebrook railway station serves the villages in the civil parish of Rixton-with-Glazebrook in the Warrington unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern Trains. The station is 9.9 miles (16 km) west of Manchester Oxford Road on the Manchester to Liverpool Line.
Glazebrook | |
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Location | |
Place | Rixton-with-Glazebrook |
Local authority | Warrington |
Coordinates | 53.4282°N 2.4598°W |
Grid reference | SJ694924 |
Operations | |
Station code | GLZ |
Managed by | Northern Trains |
Number of platforms | 2 |
DfT category | E |
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
Annual rail passenger usage* | |
2014/15 | |
2015/16 | |
2016/17 | |
2017/18 | |
2018/19 | |
Passenger Transport Executive | |
PTE | Greater Manchester |
History | |
Original company | Cheshire Lines Committee |
Pre-grouping | Cheshire Lines Committee |
Post-grouping | Cheshire Lines Committee |
2 September 1873 | Station opened |
National Rail – UK railway stations | |
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Glazebrook from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. |
History
Glazebrook station was formerly located between two junctions, Glazebrook West[1] for the Wigan Junction Railways to Wigan Central and St Helens Central (GCR), services to those stations ceasing in 1964 and 1952 respectively;[2] and Glazebrook East Junction for the line to Stockport Tiviot Dale via Skelton Junction, passenger services to there ceased in 1964. East of Glazebrook there is the only passing loop east of Warrington, used regularly for late running fast trains to pass local services.
The station building, opened on 2 September 1873,[3] is of typical Cheshire Lines Committee design. The ticket office is open weekday mornings only (07:10 -10:10).[4] Although this station is not within the Greater Manchester area, it does mark the western boundary of the range of rail tickets produced by Transport for Greater Manchester. Level access to the platform is available on the Liverpool-bound side; the opposite side is accessed via a long ramp but neither side is listed as step-free by National Rail Enquiries.
Services
Daytime services are roughly two hourly towards Birchwood and Liverpool Lime Street and two hourly towards Irlam and Manchester Oxford Road. Against the trend, evening services are in fact more frequent than during the day (roughly hourly, though most services run to/from Warrington Central only).[5] There are additional peak services but no Sunday services (nearest stations with Sunday services are Irlam or Birchwood).
A summary of services is:
- 12 services towards Manchester Oxford Road
- 1 service towards Manchester Airport
- 13 services towards Liverpool Lime Street
References
- Hay 1984, p. 88.
- Sweeney 2013, pp. 15–19
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 104. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Glazebrook station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 12 December 2016
- Table 89 National Rail timetable, December 2016
Sources
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Glazebrook railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Glazebrook railway station from National Rail
Preceding station | Following station | |||
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Birchwood | Northern Trains Manchester to Liverpool Line |
Irlam | ||
Disused railways | ||||
Padgate Line and station open |
Cheshire Lines Committee Glazebrook East Junction to Skelton Junction Line |
Cadishead Line and station closed | ||
Newchurch Halt Line and station closed |
Great Central Railway Wigan Junction Railways |
Irlam Line and station open |