Wavertree Technology Park railway station

Wavertree Technology Park railway station is in the suburbs of Liverpool, at the western end of Olive Mount cutting, on the original Liverpool-Manchester line. The station opened on 13 August 2000,[1] at a cost of £2 million. Train services are operated by Northern Trains.

Wavertree Technology Park
National Rail
General information
LocationWavertree, Liverpool
England
Grid referenceSJ387902
Managed byNorthern Trains
Transit authorityMerseytravel
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeWAV
Fare zoneC1
ClassificationDfT category F1
Key dates
13 August 2000Opened
Passengers
2017/18Increase 0.553 million
2018/19Decrease 0.315 million
2019/20Increase 0.338 million
2020/21Decrease 92,002
2021/22Increase 0.221 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Since 5 March 2015, trains through the station have used overhead wire electric traction,[2] as part of the electrification of George Stephenson's original Liverpool and Manchester Railway and the branch line to Wigan.

Facilities

The station has a ticket office (located on the bridge above the platforms) that is staffed throughout the hours of service, seven days per week (05:15 - midnight Monday to Saturday, 08:00 - 23:45 Sunday). Waiting shelters are provided at platform level on each side, with digital display screens, customer help points and an automated public address system to provide train running information. Both platforms have lifts from the footbridge (which has ramped access from the main entrance and car park), so are fully accessible for mobility-impaired users.[3]

Services

There are three trains per hour in each direction Monday to Saturday, with two on Sunday. All services are operated by Northern Trains:[4]

Eastbound

In peak times, some additional services run between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Victoria. Fast services to the Airport and regular locals to Victoria both ended at the May 2018 timetable change. This timetable change was also when TransPennine Express introduced Liverpool-North East services, which run via Manchester Victoria. These pass through the station without stopping.

Westbound

All of these call at Edge Hill on weekdays; on Sundays all run non-stop to Lime Street.

References
  1. "Railway Stations Opened". trundleage.co.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  2. "Better rail services become a reality between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Airport station". Network Rail Media Centre. Network Rail. 5 March 2015. Archived from the original on 9 March 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  3. Wavertree Technology Park station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 11-01-2017
  4. Table 85 & 86 National Rail timetable, December 2022
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