Bromborough railway station

Bromborough railway station is one of two stations serving the town of Bromborough in Merseyside, England. The station is situated on the Chester and Ellesmere Port branches of the Wirral Line, part of the Merseyrail network.

Bromborough
Merseyrail
General information
LocationBromborough, Wirral
England
Coordinates53.3218°N 2.9869°W / 53.3218; -2.9869
Grid referenceSJ343809
Managed byMerseyrail
Transit authorityMerseytravel
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBOM
Fare zoneB2
ClassificationDfT category E
History
Opened1841
Passengers
2017/18Decrease 0.594 million
2018/19Increase 0.635 million
2019/20Increase 0.709 million
2020/21Decrease 0.178 million
2021/22Increase 0.441 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History
View southward, towards Chester in 1961

The station is on the former Chester and Birkenhead Railway, which opened in 1840. The station itself opened in 1841.

Direct train services to Liverpool began in 1985, when the line between Rock Ferry and Hooton was electrified; previously passengers for Liverpool had to change at Rock Ferry. Further electrification by British Rail in early 1990s allowed electric train services to be extended, first to Chester in 1993 and then Ellesmere Port in 1994.

The station is almost identical in architecture and layout to neighbouring Spital.

Facilities

The station is staffed, during all opening hours, and has platform CCTV.[1] There is a vending machine and a booking office. There are departure screens by the ticket office and on the platforms, and a payphone outside. Each of the two platforms has sheltered seating. There is a free car park with 136 spaces (following 2021 extension), which is across Allport Road, a cycle rack with 8 spaces, and a secure cycle locker with 76 spaces.[2] Access to the station booking office from Allport Road is straightforward. Access to each of the two platforms is by stepped ramp or staircase. [3] Platform access has not been modernised to the standard of that at Hooton.

Services

Trains operate every 15 minutes between Chester and Liverpool on weekdays and Saturdays until late evening when the service becomes half-hourly, as it is on Sundays. Additionally there is a half-hourly service between Liverpool and Ellesmere Port all day, every day.[4] Northbound trains operate via Hamilton Square station in Birkenhead and the Mersey Railway Tunnel to Liverpool. Southbound trains all proceed as far as Hooton, where the lines to Chester and Ellesmere Port divide. These services are all provided by Merseyrail's fleet of Class 507 and Class 508 EMUs.

  • A Class 508 arrives with a service to Hooton.
    A Class 508 arrives with a service to Hooton.
  • The waiting room and bridge.
    The waiting room and bridge.
  • The station sign on Allport Road.
    The station sign on Allport Road.
  • The station frontage.
    The station frontage.

References
  1. Station Facilities for Bromborough Accessed 2013-12-20
  2. Bromborough train station facilities, Merseyrail Accessed 2013-12-20
  3. Bromborough Station Plan
  4. "Wirral Line timetable" (PDF). Merseyrail. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.

Further reading
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2012). Chester to Birkenhead. Middleton Press. figs. 44-50. ISBN 9781908174215. OCLC 811323335.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bromborough railway station.
Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Eastham Rake
towards Chester or Ellesmere Port		   Merseyrail
Wirral Line
Ellesmere Port/Chester		   Bromborough Rake
towards Liverpool Central
  Historical railways  
Hooton
Line and station open		   GWR & LNWR
Chester and Birkenhead Railway		   Spital
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