Neston railway station

Neston
Location
Place	Neston
Local authority	Cheshire West and Chester
Grid reference	SJ292777
Operations
Station code	NES
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	36,280
2005/06	35,216
2006/07	32,716
2007/08	35,922
2008/09	37,120
2009/10	36,230
2010/11	44,598
2011/12	46,546
2012/13	48,476
2013/14	51,886
History
1896	Opened,[1] named as Neston & Parkgate
15 September 1952	Renamed as Neston North[2]
6 May 1968	Renamed as Neston
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Neston from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Neston railway station serves the town of Neston, Cheshire, England. This is the last station on the English part of the Borderlands Line before it reaches Wales. The station is 8¾ miles (14 km) south of Bidston.

History

There was once a substantial station building on the Bidston bound platform. This fell into disrepair in the late 1990s though, and was finally demolished when the station was modernised for Disability Discrimination Act compliancy in 2003.

Future

Long standing plans to electrify the Borderlands Line have been put on hold due to the prohibitive cost of installing third rail electrification. This has led Merseytravel to look at other options for the line, including the possibility of overhead lines.^[3]

Facilities

The station is unstaffed and only 'bus shelter' type structures offer passengers any protection from the elements. Bus interchange is available from the stop on Ladies Walk adjacent the Bidston bound platform. This is also from where rail replacement services leave. The station has a small car park next to the Wrexham bound platform and a larger car park on the opposite side of the line, both owned and operated by the local council.^[4]

Services

The station is served by an hourly service on weekdays (two-hourly in the evening & on bank holidays)^[5] southbound to Wrexham Central and northbound to Bidston for connections to Liverpool via the Wirral Lines. Services are provided by Arriva Trains Wales' fleet of Class 150 diesel multiple units.

On Sundays there are six departures in each direction (frequency approximately once every 2.5 hours).

Gallery

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  An Arriva Trains Wales Class 150 at the station.

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  The decorated station underpass.

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  The entrance to the Bidston-bound platform.

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  Station furniture on the Wrexham-bound platform.

References

1. Greatorex 2014, Neston: Station
2. Mitchell & Smith 2013, fig. 84
3. "The Wrexham to Bidston railway (The Borderlands line): Electrification plans". Retrieved 17 February 2007.
4. "Station Facilities for Neston". National Rail Enquiries. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
5. GB Rail Timetable 19 May - December 2013, Table 101

Sources

• Greatorex, Vanessa (2014). Parkgate & Neston Through Time. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445608990. OCLC 861648186.
• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Wrexham to New Brighton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 9781908174475. OCLC 859543196.

External links

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

Coordinates: 53°17′31″N 3°03′50″W / 53.292°N 3.064°W