Hough Green railway station

Hough Green railway station is a railway station to the west of Widnes in Halton, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade listed building.[1] The station is on the Liverpool-Warrington-Manchester Line 10 miles 42 chains (16.9 km) east of Liverpool Lime Street[2] and all trains serving it are operated by Northern Trains.

Hough Green
Hough Green railway station
Location
Place	Hough Green
Local authority	Halton
Coordinates	53.3725°N 2.775°W / 53.3725; -2.775
Grid reference	SJ485864
Operations
Station code	HGN
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	0.282 million
2015/16	0.279 million
2016/17	0.286 million
2017/18	0.297 million
2018/19	0.162 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	A2
History
Original company	Cheshire Lines Committee
Pre-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
Post-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
May 1874 (1874-05)	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 Hough Green from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

History

The station was opened in May 1874 by the Cheshire Lines Committee.[3] It was formerly a junction for a loop line via Widnes Central, closed in 1964.

Facilities

The station is of the standard Cheshire Lines Committee style and, like other Merseytravel stations, is staffed full-time (06:00 - 00:10 weekdays, 08:40 - 22:40 Sundays). There is a car park outside. Part of the station building is occupied by a taxi firm.

The eastbound platform features the original brick-built waiting room which is still in use. Train running information is provided by automated announcements and digital display screens; there is step-free access only on the westbound side.[4]

Services

Services operate approximately half-hourly (Monday-Saturday daytimes) in each direction, towards Liverpool South Parkway and Liverpool Lime Street to the west and towards Widnes and Manchester Oxford Road in the east. Services are less frequent in the late evenings and on Sundays, usually every 60 minutes. Most services are operated by Northern Trains.

Although the station is outside the metropolitan county of Merseyside, tickets issued by Merseytravel (which usually can only be used within Merseyside) are valid for travel to and from Hough Green.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Halewood		Northern Trains Manchester to Liverpool Line		Widnes
	Disused railways
Halewood Line and station open		Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies' Committee Widnes Loop		Widnes Central Line and station closed

Gallery

• 
  A First TransPennine Class 185 runs through the station.
• 
  The station bridge and a commemorative stone dated 1872.
• 
  A Northern Rail Class 156 waits at the station.
• 
  The station building, seen from the car park.

See also

• Listed buildings in Widnes

References

1. Historic England. "Hough Green Railway Station (1330351)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
2. Yonge, John (March 2005) [1990]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 4: Midlands & North West (2nd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 46C. ISBN 0-9549866-0-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
3. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 124. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
4. Irlam station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 12 December 2016

External links

• Train times and station information for Hough Green railway station from National Rail