Eastham Rake railway station

Eastham Rake
Location
Place	Eastham
Local authority	Wirral
Coordinates	53°18′28″N 2°58′53″W / 53.3077°N 2.9813°WCoordinates: 53°18′28″N 2°58′53″W / 53.3077°N 2.9813°W
Grid reference	SJ347794
Operations
Station code	ERA
Managed by	Merseyrail
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	0.132 million
2005/06	0.144 million
2006/07	0.150 million
2007/08	0.171 million
2008/09	0.481 million
2009/10	0.469 million
2010/11	0.494 million
2011/12	0.497 million
2012/13	0.470 million
2013/14	0.320 million
2014/15	0.336 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	B2
History
1995	Opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Eastham Rake from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Eastham Rake railway station is a railway station serving the village of Eastham on the Wirral Peninsula, England. It is situated on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network 8½ miles (13 km) south west of Liverpool Lime Street. The station is relatively new, having opened to passengers in 1995.

Facilities

The station is staffed, during all opening hours, and has platform CCTV.^[1] There is a payphone, a vending machine and a booking office. There are departure and arrival screens, on the platform, for passenger information. Each of the two platforms has sheltered seating. There is a free car park with 101 spaces, a cycle rack with 10 spaces, and a secure cycle locker with 44 spaces.^[2] Access to the station booking office is on the pavement. Access to each of the two platforms is by a stepped ramp. This allows relatively easy access for passengers with wheelchairs or prams.^[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 Hamilton Square station in Birkenhead and the Mersey Railway Tunnel to Liverpool. Southbound the next station is Hooton, where the lines to Chester and Ellesmere Port divide. These services are all provided by Merseyrail's fleet of Class 507 and Class 508 EMUs.

Gallery

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  A Class 507 arrives with a service to Liverpool.

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  The platforms and footbridge.

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  A Class 507 arrives with a service.

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  The platforms and footbridge.

References

1. Station Facilities for Eastham Rake Accessed 2013-12-20
2. Eastham Rake train station facilities, Merseyrail Accessed 2013-12-20
3. Eastham Rake Station Plan
4. "Wirral Line timetable" (PDF). Merseyrail. Retrieved 2013-12-18.

External links

• Train times and station information for Eastham Rake railway station from National Rail

• Station information for Eastham Rake railway station from Merseyrail