Wallasey Village railway station

Wallasey Village railway station serves the Wallasey Village suburb of Wallasey, in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the Wirral Line 6¼ miles (9 km) west of Liverpool Lime Street on the Merseyrail network.

Wallasey Village
Merseyrail
General information
LocationWallasey, Wirral
England
Grid referenceSJ290923
Managed byMerseyrail
Transit authorityMerseytravel
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeWLV
Fare zoneB1
ClassificationDfT category E
Key dates
1907Opened (as Leasowe Road)
1938Electrified
Passengers
2017/18Increase 0.469 million
2018/19Increase 0.522 million
2019/20Increase 0.582 million
2020/21Decrease 0.160 million
2021/22Increase 0.357 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The station was built on the Wirral Railway's route from Birkenhead Park to New Brighton, opening in 1907[1] under the name Leasowe Road. Through services via the Mersey Railway Tunnel to Liverpool commenced when the line was electrified in 1938[2] by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. The station was rebuilt following extensive damage during World War II.

Facilities

The station is staffed, during all opening hours, and has platform CCTV.[3] There is a payphone on platform 1, a booking office, live departure and arrival screens, for passenger information, and each of the two platforms has a waiting room.[4] Being close to the centre of Wallasey Village, itself, the station does not have a free car park or a cycle rack. There is no access, to the platform, for passengers with wheelchairs or prams, as access is by staircase only.[4] In 2006, according to a Transport 2000 survey, the station was considered as a weak link, with regard to access.[5] As yet, platform access has not been modernised to the standard of that at Hooton.

Services

Current service levels are every 15 minutes to Liverpool and New Brighton during Monday to Saturday daytime, and every 30 minutes at other times.[6] These services are all provided by Merseyrail's fleet of Class 507 and Class 508 EMUs.

The station connects to the major bus routes on Leasowe Road.

  • Leasowe Road bridge viewed from the end of the platform.
    Leasowe Road bridge viewed from the end of the platform.
  • The station buildings.
    The station buildings.
  • A platform waiting room.
    A platform waiting room.
  • The length of the platform.
    The length of the platform.

References
  1. Mitchell & Smith 2013, map XXXVII
  2. Mitchell & Smith 2013, fig. 109
  3. "Station Facilities for Wallasey Village". National Rail. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  4. "Wallasey Village Station Plan". National Rail. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  5. Fenna, Kelly (4 September 2007). "Station is weakest link say commuters". Wirral Globe. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  6. "Wirral Line timetable" (PDF). Merseyrail. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.

Sources
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Wrexham to New Brighton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 9781908174475. OCLC 859543196.
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Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Wallasey Grove Road
towards New Brighton		   Merseyrail
Wirral Line
New Brighton Branch		   Birkenhead North
towards Liverpool Central

53.423°N 3.069°W / 53.423; -3.069

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