Town Green railway station

Town Green railway station is a railway station in Town Green, Aughton, Lancashire, England, situated on the Ormskirk branch of Merseyrail's Northern Line.

Town Green
Location
Place	Aughton
Local authority	West Lancashire
Coordinates	53.5430°N 2.9044°W / 53.5430; -2.9044
Grid reference	SD401055
Operations
Station code	TWN
Managed by	Merseyrail
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	0.347 million
2015/16	0.365 million
2016/17	0.384 million
2017/18	0.338 million
2018/19	0.396 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	F
History
Original company	Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
2 April 1849	Opened as Town Green[1]
1 June 1889	Renamed Town Green and Aughton[1]
5 May 1975	Renamed Town Green[1]
National Rail – UK railway stations
Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Town Green from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

Location

It is located at the junction of Town Green Lane and Middlewood Road with pedestrian and vehicular access from Middlewood Road. The booking hall opens onto the south bound platform and the Aughton police station now occupies rooms opening off the booking hall.

Facilities

The station is staffed throughout the day, with the ticket office open from start of service until 00:20. There is a waiting room in the main building and a shelter on the opposite side, with a footbridge linking them. Digital display screens, timetable posters and automatic announcements are used to convey train running information. There are lifts available and step-free access to both platforms.[2]

Services

Trains operate every 15 minutes (Monday to Saturday daytime) between Ormskirk and Liverpool Central, and every 30 minutes in the evening and all day Sunday.[3]

History

Town Green station was regularly used as an overnight base for the Royal trains when the Royal family were visiting Knowsley Hall – the home of Lord Derby or attending the Grand National race meeting at Aintree. see Royal Trains List (p19/204) . To the Liverpool end of Town Green station on the Ormskirk bound side and behind the signal box there used to be a small loop line with a very low white painted station which was the platform used by the train. this now forms the car park of the Aughton Institute

The signal box (erected by British Railways in 1949 to replace an earlier Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway structure dating from 1875) was closed and demolished when the line was resignalled in February 1994 – from October 1970 until its demise, it remotely operated the points and signalling at Ormskirk as well as at this station.[4]

Gallery

• 
  A Merseyrail Class 507 waits at the Ormskirk-bound platform.
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  A Merseyrail Class 507 waits at the Liverpool-bound platform.
• 
  The station as viewed from the roadside drop-off point.
• 
  Aughton police station, on the Liverpool-bound platform.

References

1. Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 233. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
2. Town Green station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 13 December 2016
3. GB eNRT 2017 Edition, Table 105 (Network Rail)
4. "Town Green Signal Box"Line Clear - Signal Boxes in the North West; Retrieved 30 March 2016

External links

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

• Station information for Town Green railway station from Merseyrail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Aughton Park towards Ormskirk		Merseyrail Northern Line		Maghull North towards Liverpool Central