Fazakerley railway station

53°28′08″N 2°56′12″W / 53.4690°N 2.9368°W / 53.4690; -2.9368Grid referenceSJ379974Managed byMerseyrailTransit authorityMerseytravelPlatforms2Other informationStation codeFAZFare zoneC1ClassificationDfT category EHistoryOriginal companyLancashire and Yorkshire RailwayPre-groupingLancashire and Yorkshire RailwayPost-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates20 November 1848Station opens as Simonswoodby 1850Renamed AintreeMarch 1860Renamed FazakerleyPassengers2018/19 1.250 million2019/20 1.465 million2020/21 0.414 million2021/22 0.920 million2022/23 0.899 million

Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

v t e Railway stations around Aintree
Legend
Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway Northern line to Ormskirk Sefton and Maghull Old Roan Aintree Central Aintree (Sefton Arms) Northern line to Kirkby Ford Aintree Racecourse North Mersey Branch to Bootle Fazakerley Northern line to Liverpool Orrell Park Warbreck Northern line to Liverpool North Liverpool Extension Line

Fazakerley railway station is a railway station in Fazakerley, Liverpool, England. It is situated on the Headbolt Lane branch of the Northern Line of the Merseyrail network.

History

The Liverpool and Bury Railway (L&BR) was authorised in 1845,^[1] but while it was under construction, the L&BR amalgamated with the Manchester and Leeds Railway (M&LR) in 1846,^[2] and the M&LR in turn was renamed the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1847.^[3] The line opened on 20 November 1848;^[4] one of the original stations was Simonswood.^[5][6] This station was renamed twice: it had become Aintree by 1850,^[7] and in March 1860 it took its present name Fazakerley^[8] to avoid confusion with the nearby Aintree station on a different line,^[6] which had opened in 1849.^[9]

At the time of opening, the mileage of the station was 29+1⁄2 miles (47.5 km) from Bury,^[6] but this has since been amended to 31 miles 31 chains (50.5 km) from Manchester Victoria via Wigan.^[10]

To the north-east of the station is Fazakerley Junction, 30 miles 72 chains (49.7 km) from Manchester Victoria,^[10] which is where the North Mersey Branch once headed westwards towards Gladstone Dock.^[11] The branch has closed, but the junction remains as the point where the double track out of Liverpool becomes single track for the last few miles into Kirkby.^[10] The line eastwards was singled in May 1970, though through running beyond Kirkby (to Wigan Wallgate and Bolton) continued until the inauguration of electric operation in May 1977.^[12]

Facilities

In common with most Merseyrail stations, it is staffed throughout the day - the street-level ticket office opens 15 minutes prior to start of service and closes at 00:25 each evening (including Sundays). At platform level, there are digital display screens, timetable posters and shelters on each side; a P.A system also provides automated train running information. The ticket office is linked to the platforms via a footbridge - this has a lift installed on each side to provide step-free access. There are cycle racks for 4 cycles and secure cycle storage for 20 cycles.^[13]

Services

The station is currently served by Three trains per hour in each direction in the day time, Monday - Saturday. In Late evenings and Sundays services are reduced to Two trains per hour in each direction. Services are operated using Class 777 BEMUs.^[14][15]

In the future, the service will be increased to up to four trains per hour in each direction as more battery operated Class 777 trains become available.^[16]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Kirkby towards Headbolt Lane		Merseyrail Northern Line		Rice Lane towards Liverpool Central

Notes

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• Marshall, John (1969). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, volume 1. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-4352-1.
• Yonge, John (March 2005) [1990]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 4: Midlands & North West (2nd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. ISBN 0-9549866-0-1.

External links