Manor Road railway station

Manor Road railway station is a station in Merseyside, England that serves the towns of Hoylake and Meols. It is located on the West Kirby branch of the Wirral Line, part of the Merseyrail network.

Manor Road
Merseyrail
Platforms and footbridge.
General information
LocationHoylake, Wirral
England
Grid referenceSJ222893
Managed byMerseyrail
Transit authorityMerseytravel
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeMNR
Fare zoneB2
ClassificationDfT category E
Key dates
1940Opened
Passengers
2019/20Increase 0.368 million
2020/21Decrease 90,840
2021/22Increase 0.207 million
2022/23Increase 0.241 million
2023/24Increase 0.269 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

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The station was proposed in 1936 and opened on 15 May 1940 by the London Midland and Scottish Railway, after their electrification of the former Wirral Railway route from Birkenhead to West Kirby. This allowed for through trains to run between Liverpool and West Kirby.[1][2]

Facilities

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The station is fully staffed during opening hours and has CCTV cameras on the platform.[1] Each platform has a sheltered seating area for passengers waiting for trains. There is a payphone, booking office and live departure and arrival screens, for passenger information. The station does not have a car park, but does have a secure cycle storage for 10 cycles. There is step-free access available only for the Liverpool-bound platform, for wheelchairs and prams.[2]

Services

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Trains run every 15 minutes (Monday to Saturday during the day) between West Kirby and Liverpool. At other times, trains operate every 30 minutes.[3] These services are all provided by Merseyrail's fleet of Class 507 and Class 777 EMUs.

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Station Facilities for Manor Road". National Rail. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Manor Road train station facilities". Merseyrail. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Wirral Line timetable" (PDF). Merseyrail. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.

Sources

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  • Maund, T.B. (2009). The Wirral Railway and its Predecessors. Lydney: Lightmoor Press. pp. 176–177. ISBN 978-1-899889-38-9.

Further reading

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Preceding station   National Rail Following station
Hoylake
towards West Kirby
  Merseyrail
Wirral Line
West Kirby Branch
  Meols
towards Liverpool Central

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