Lea Green railway station

Lea Green National Rail
Location
Place Sutton, Merseyside
Local authority St Helens
Grid reference SJ519924
Operations
Station code LEG
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   0.147 million
2005/06 Increase 0.164 million
2006/07 Increase 0.182 million
2007/08 Increase 0.182 million
2008/09 Increase 0.452 million
2009/10 Decrease 0.442 million
2010/11 Increase 0.479 million
2011/12 Increase 0.499 million
2012/13 Decrease 0.476 million
2013/14 Decrease 0.382 million
2014/15 Increase 0.394 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE Merseytravel
Zone A1
History
2000 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 Lea Green from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Lea Green railway station is in St Helens, Merseyside, England, being approximately three miles south from the town centre near the suburb of Clock Face. The station is on the northern route of the two direct Liverpool to Manchester lines, which is the former Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Northern operates the station with Merseytravel sponsorship displaying Merseyrail signs. Constructed in 2000 the station has a park and ride car park, a modern CCTV security system and a small booking office.

An earlier Lea Green station closed decades earlier, a few hundred metres away - the present station's location would more accurately be described as Marshalls Cross. Thatto Heath railway station on the Liverpool to Wigan Line is approximately two mile to the north west.

Services

Northern operates trains (every 30 minutes Monday-Saturday daytime) to Liverpool Lime Street. In the other direction, these trains run to Earlestown, from where one train per hour continues to Manchester Victoria and the other to Warrington Bank Quay. A couple of the "express" trains call at the station in the early morning and late evening (Monday - Saturday) to Manchester Airport. Sunday services see just 1 train per hour to Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Airport. Following completion of electrification of the line in Spring 2015, the Liverpool to Manchester Airport, Liverpool to Manchester Victoria and Liverpool to Warrington Bank Quay services are now operated by 4-Car Class 319 Electric Units.

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Preceding station National Rail Following station
Rainhill   Northern Electrics
Liverpool to Manchester Line
(Northern Route)
  St Helens Junction

Coordinates: 53°25′37″N 2°43′26″W / 53.427°N 2.724°W / 53.427; -2.724


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