Warrington West railway station
Warrington West railway station serves the Omega Development Site and Chapelford urban village housing estate in Great Sankey, Warrington, England.[2][3] It has an interchange for bus services as well as a park and ride with parking for 287 cars.[4]
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| Location | Great Sankey, Warrington, Warrington Borough Council England |
| Coordinates | 53°23′37″N 2°38′19″W |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | WAW |
| Key dates | |
| 16 December 2019 | Opened[1] |
| Passengers | |
| 2019/20 | 83,902 |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
The station is located west of central Warrington on the existing southern Liverpool to Manchester Line route between Sankey and Warrington Central stations.
Project development
Warrington Borough Council applied for funding from the government's New Stations Fund but the bid failed.[5] However, the council secured part of the funding through other sources and a planning application was approved in 2015, and it was hoped that construction could begin in 2016, until Network Rail increased the estimated cost by £4 million. A fresh bid to the New Stations Fund was successful, and the station opened on 15 December 2019.[6][7]
Services
Since the beginning of the winter 2019 timetable on 15 December, the station has had two trains each hour in both directions calling here off peak (including Sundays) - one express between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Airport via Manchester Piccadilly and one stopping train between Lime Street and Manchester Oxford Road. Extra trains call at peak times.[8]
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sankey for Penketh | Northern Trains Manchester to Liverpool Line |
Warrington Central | ||
References
- "National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Warrington West". www.nationalrail.co.uk.
- "Rising costs delay construction of Warrington West railway station – unlikely to open before 2018". Warrington Guardian. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- "Plans for new £9m railway station in Warrington". BBC News. 30 May 2013.
- "Warrington West railway station concerns raised by residents". Warrington Guardian. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- "First look at new Warrington station". Warrington Guardian. 30 May 2013.
- Topping, Stephen (10 August 2019). "This is when Warrington's new station will finally open". chesterchronicle. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- "Warrington West: Town's new £20.5m railway station opens". BBC. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- Northern Timetable 16 - Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool via Warrington Central Northern; Retrieved 28 November 2019
