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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 four trains per hour in each direction during the day time Monday - Saturday. In late evenings and on 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 National Rail Following station
Kirkby
  Merseyrail
  Rice Lane

Notes

  1. ^ Marshall 1969, p. 129.
  2. ^ Marshall 1969, p. 130.
  3. ^ Marshall 1969, p. 65.
  4. ^ Marshall 1969, p. 132.
  5. ^ Butt 1995, p. 212.
  6. ^ a b c Marshall 1969, p. 133.
  7. ^ Butt 1995, pp. 212, 14.
  8. ^ Butt 1995, pp. 14, 95.
  9. ^ Butt 1995, p. 14.
  10. ^ a b c Yonge 2005, map 41A.
  11. ^ Marshall 1969, p. 160.
  12. ^ "Disused Stations - Rainford Junction Signal Box" Disused Stations; Retrieved 25 March 2016
  13. ^ "Fazakerley train station | timetable | ticket prices & facilities". www.merseyrail.org. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  14. ^ "Increased services between Headbolt Lane and Liverpool Central". Merseyrail. Retrieved 12 October 2023.[permanent dead link]
  15. ^ Table 83 National Rail timetable, May 2023
  16. ^ "Headbolt Lane Station In Kirkby Opens To Merseyrail Services". Merseyrail. Retrieved 12 October 2023.

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