Warrington West railway station

Warrington West is a railway station on the Liverpool–Manchester line. The station, situated 17 miles (27 km) east of Liverpool Lime Street, serves the civil parish of Great Sankey, Warrington in Cheshire, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

Warrington West
National Rail
General information
LocationGreat Sankey, Warrington
England
Coordinates53°23′37″N 2°38′13″W
Owned byNetwork Rail
Operated byNorthern Trains
Platforms2
Tracks2
Other information
Station codeWAW
History
Original companyNetwork Rail
Key dates
16 December 2019Opened
Passengers
2019/2083,902
2020/21Decrease 68,936
2021/22Increase 0.269 million
Location
Warrington West is located in Cheshire
Warrington West
Warrington West
Location in Cheshire, England
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

It is served by bus services and has parking for 287 cars.[1] The station is located west of Warrington on the existing southern Liverpool–Manchester line, between Sankey for Penketh and Warrington Central.

History
The station under construction, photographed in February 2019.

Warrington Borough Council applied for funding from the Government's New Stations Fund but the bid failed.[2] However, the council secured part of the funding through other sources and a planning application was approved in 2015, and it was hoped that construction could begin in 2016, until Network Rail increased the estimated cost by £4 million. A fresh bid to the New Stations Fund was successful, and the station opened on 16 December 2019.[3][4]

Services

Services at Warrington West are operated by Northern Trains and TransPennine Express.

As of December 2022, the station is served by an hourly stopping service between Warrington Central and Liverpool Lime Street, as well as an hourly service between Manchester Oxford Road and Liverpool Lime Street which runs semi-fast from Warrington West. These services combine to give the station an off-peak service of two trains per hour in each direction.[5] On Sundays, this is reduced to an hourly stopping service between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Oxford Road.

The station is also served by three trains per day between Cleethorpes and Liverpool Lime Street, operated by TransPennine Express. These trains run non-stop to and from Liverpool South Parkway.[6] On Sundays, most TransPennine Express services call at the station, providing a roughly hourly service in each direction.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Sankey or Widnes   Northern Trains
  Warrington Central
Liverpool South Parkway   TransPennine Express
 

References
  1. "Warrington West railway station concerns raised by residents". Warrington Guardian. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  2. "First look at new Warrington station". Warrington Guardian. 30 May 2013.
  3. Topping, Stephen (10 August 2019). "This is when Warrington's new station will finally open". chesterchronicle. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  4. "Warrington West: Town's new £20.5m railway station opens". BBC. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  5. "Timetable N16: Liverpool to Manchester via Warrington Central" (PDF). Northern Trains. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  6. "Train times: South TransPennine". TransPennine Express. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
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