Bromborough railway station

53°19′18″N 2°59′13″W / 53.3218°N 2.9869°W / 53.3218; -2.9869Grid referenceSJ343809Managed byMerseyrailTransit authorityMerseytravelPlatforms2Other informationStation codeBOMFare zoneB2ClassificationDfT category EHistoryOpened1841Passengers2018/19 0.635 million2019/20 0.709 million2020/21 0.178 million2021/22 0.441 million2022/23 0.527 million

Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.

History

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 Birkenhead 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 777 EMUs.

Gallery

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

References

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2012). Chester to Birkenhead. Middleton Press. figs. 44-50. ISBN 9781908174215. OCLC 811323335.

External links

KnowsleyLiverpool
(city centre stations in italics)SeftonSt HelensWirralOutside Merseyside, but
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