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Neston railway station

Coordinates: 53°17′31″N 3°03′50″W / 53.292°N 3.064°W / 53.292; -3.064
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Neston
National Rail
General information
LocationNeston, Cheshire West and Chester
England
Grid referenceSJ292777
Managed byTransport for Wales
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeNES
ClassificationDfT category F2
Key dates
1896Opened,[1] named as Neston & Parkgate
15 September 1952Renamed as Neston North[2]
6 May 1968Renamed as Neston
Passengers
2018/19Increase 43,810
2019/20Decrease 42,554
2020/21Decrease 6,300
2021/22Increase 24,074
2022/23Increase 33,242
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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

History

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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.[citation needed]

Future

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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

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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

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The station is served by a train every 45 minutes Monday to Saturday daytimes (dropping to two-hourly in the late evening and on bank holidays)[5] southbound to Wrexham Central and northbound to Bidston for connections to Liverpool via the Wirral Line. Services are provided by Transport for Wales' fleet of Class 197 and Class 230 diesel multiple units.

On Sundays there are departures approximately every 90 minutes in each direction.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Hawarden Bridge or Shotton   Transport for Wales
Borderlands Line
  Heswall
  Historical railways  
Burton Point   Great Central Railway
North Wales and Liverpool Railway
  Heswall

References

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  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. ^ Table 101 National Rail timetable, May 2017

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