Broad Green railway station

Broad Green
Location
Place	Broadgreen
Local authority	Liverpool
Grid reference	SJ406903
Operations
Station code	BGE
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.170 million
2005/06	0.210 million
2006/07	0.210 million
2007/08	0.218 million
2008/09	0.608 million
2009/10	0.595 million
2010/11	0.643 million
2011/12	0.661 million
2012/13	0.633 million
2013/14	0.581 million
2014/15	0.576 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	C1
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Broad Green from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Broad Green railway station is a railway station serving the Broadgreen district of Liverpool, England.

Along with some other stations on the same line, it is the oldest used railway station site in the world being a part of the original 1830 Liverpool and Manchester passenger railway. However, the current station buildings date from the 1970s.

The station is located very close to junction 4 of the M62 motorway but is not a "parkway" or "interchange" station. It has recently introduced a 'Park and Ride' scheme, with a large car park situated on the south side of the station. Broadgreen Hospital is a little under half a mile away.

The station is operated by Northern, and is served by trains from Liverpool Lime Street to Wigan North Western, Manchester Victoria and Warrington Bank Quay. Trains to and from Liverpool Lime Street are approximately every 15 minutes through most of the day. These have been electrically operated since March 2015, using Class 319 EMUs (though DMUs remain in use on Sundays for trains to and from Blackpool North).

About 110 yards (100 m) to the east of the station the abandoned North Liverpool Extension Line passes under the lines, which is currently part of the Trans Pennine Trail.^[1]

Services

The normal eastbound off-peak service is of two trains per hour to Wigan North Western, one to Manchester Victoria and one to Warrington Bank Quay. Westbound, there are four trains per hour to Liverpool Lime Street. A more frequent service operate at peak times.^[2]

On Sundays, services run from Liverpool Lime Street to Blackpool North via Wigan North Western and Preston. Services also run from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Airport via Manchester Piccadilly.

There is no service to Warrington Bank Quay on a Sunday.

Gallery

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  The view westward, towards Liverpool Lime St. in 1962.

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  A broad view of the two platforms, next to the M62 bridge.

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  A Northern Rail Class 156 waits at the station.

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  The booking office, from the street.

References

1. Multimap
2. GB eNRT December 2015 Edition, Table 90

External links

• Train times and station information for Broad Green railway station from National Rail

Coordinates: 53°24′22″N 2°53′35″W / 53.406°N 2.893°W