Frodsham railway station

Frodsham
Location
Place	Frodsham
Local authority	Cheshire West and Chester
Grid reference	SJ518779
Operations
Station code	FRD
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	74,245
2005/06	77,028
2006/07	78,118
2007/08	88,668
2008/09	93,164
2009/10	0.101 million
2010/11	0.115 million
2011/12	0.122 million
2012/13	0.135 million
2013/14	0.151 million
2014/15	0.167 million
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Frodsham from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Frodsham railway station serves the town of Frodsham, Cheshire, England. The station is managed by Arriva Trains Wales. The station building is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.^[1]

The station is unstaffed, however the North Cheshire Rail Users Group have "adopted" the station and work on a voluntary basis to keep the station looking clean and tidy.^[2]

The station in 1964

Services

The station is served by the hourly Arriva Trains Wales service to Manchester Piccadilly via Warrington Bank Quay. In the other direction services run to Chester, with most trains continuing along the North Wales Coast Line as far as Llandudno. On Sundays trains only run between Manchester and Chester.^[3]

Frodsham is also served by the infrequent (one train per day, now northbound only) Northern-operated service between Warrington B.Q and Ellesmere Port. This does not run on Sundays.

Trivia

North of Frodsham station, a connecting line to Runcorn (the Halton Curve) diverges. This line is currently served by just one "parliamentary" passenger train a week (which operates on summer Saturdays only) to fulfil legal and contractual obligations and keep the line "open" in accordance with Government legislation. The curve lost its regular service in May 1975, but continued to be used by seasonal passenger trains between Liverpool Lime Street and Llandudno until 1994 (hence the summer-only service requirement). The train starts from Chester and runs non-stop to Runcorn, passing through Frodsham without calling.

A regular Chester to Liverpool Lime Street service over the curve is due to be introduced in May 2018, which will call here.^[4] Northern's planned Leeds - Manchester Victoria Chester service is also likely to stop here when launched in December 2017.

The welcome sign on the station platform advertises the Sandstone Trail.

See also

• Listed buildings in Frodsham

References

1. Historic England. "Frodsham Railway Station with former stationmaster's house (1253195)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
2. NCRUG - Station Projects
3. GB eNRT December 2015 Edition, Table 81
4. "Halton Curve upgrade through Runcorn could stop long-distance commuter traffic on M56 reaching 'unsustainable levels'"Clay, Olver; Liverpool Echo article 18 November 2015; Retrieved 29 April 2016

External links

• Train times and station information for Frodsham railway station from National Rail

Coordinates: 53°17′46″N 2°43′23″W / 53.296°N 2.723°W