Hough Green railway station is a

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to the west of

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in Halton,

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, England. It is recorded in the

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as a designated Grade

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. The station is on the Liverpool–Warrington–Manchester line east of and all trains serving it are operated by

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History

The line through the station site opened for freight on 1 March 1873 and for passengers on 1 August 1873 when the

Cheshire Lines Committee The Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC) was formed in the 1860s and became the second-largest joint railway in Great Britain. The committee, which was often styled the Cheshire Lines Railway, operated of track in the then counties of Lancashire a ...

opened the line between and . The station was opened for passengers and goods on 1 May 1874. The station became a junction station on 1 July 1879 when Hough Green Junction was opened to the east, the junction gave access to the Widnes loop line owned by the

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, two of the three companies that jointly owned the

. The station is located where the line is bridged by Liverpool Road, now the B5178. The main station building is of the "common twin-pavilion type adopted by the CLC" with a larger, two-storey, projecting pavilion forming a house and a smaller single-storey one. Linking them is an entrance hall, ticket office and three-bay iron-arcaded waiting shelter. The building is decorated with elaborately fretted bargeboards. The station was equipped with a carved stone drinking fountain. It had two platforms, both accessed by steps and a ramp down from the road overbridge, the Liverpool bound platform could also be accessed from the road access to the station building, on either side of two running lines, the Liverpool platform had a siding at its back that was not available for passenger use There was a goods yard to the south of the lines and east of the station. The goods yard was able to accommodate most types of goods, including livestock, it was equipped with a five-ton crane. By 1894 the station was renamed ''Hough Green for Ditton'' and then renamed back to ''Hough Green'' on 6 May 1974. The station closed to goods traffic on 6 June 1964. The Widnes loop line closed on 5 October 1964.

Facilities

The station, like other

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stations, is staffed full-time (06:00 - 00:10 weekdays, 08:40 - 22:40 Sundays). There is a car park outside. Part of the station building is occupied by a taxi firm. The eastbound platform features the original brick-built waiting room which is still in use. Train running information is provided by automated announcements and digital display screens; there is step-free access only on the westbound side.

Services

Services operate approximately half-hourly (Monday-Saturday daytimes) in each direction, towards and

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to the west and towards Widnes and

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in the east. Services are less frequent in the late evenings and on Sundays, usually every 60 minutes. Most services are operated by

. The station is within the

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with tickets issued by

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{{Railway stations served by East Midlands Railway Railway stations in the Borough of Halton DfT Category E stations Former Cheshire Lines Committee stations Grade II listed buildings in Cheshire Grade II listed railway stations Northern franchise railway stations Buildings and structures in Widnes Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1874