Wallasey Village railway station serves the

Wallasey Village Wallasey Village is a district of the town of Wallasey, within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in England. Localities within this area are informally said to be in "The Village". At the 2001 Census the population of the district was 8,550. W ...

suburb of Wallasey, in

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, England. It is situated on the

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6¼ miles (9 km) west of

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on the

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network.

History

The station was built on the

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's route from

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to New Brighton, opening in 1907 under the name ''Leasowe Road''. Through services via the

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commenced when the line was electrified in 1938 by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. The station was rebuilt following extensive damage during

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Facilities

The station is staffed, during all opening hours, and has platform CCTV. There is a payphone on platform 1, a booking office, live departure and arrival screens, for passenger information, and each of the two platforms has a waiting room. Being close to the centre of Wallasey Village, itself, the station does not have a free

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or a cycle rack. There is no access, to the platform, for passengers with

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s or prams, as access is by staircase only. In 2006, according to a Transport 2000 survey, the station was considered as a weak link, with regard to access. As yet, platform access has not been modernised to the standard of that at Hooton.

Services

Current service levels are every 15 minutes to Liverpool and New Brighton during Monday to Saturday daytime, and every 30 minutes at other times. These services are all provided by Merseyrail's fleet of Class 507 and Class 508

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. The station connects to the major bus routes on Leasowe Road.

Gallery

Image:Leasowe Road Railway Bridge, Wallasey Village (geograph 2985769).jpg, Leasowe Road bridge viewed from the end of the platform. Image:Wallasey Village Railway Station (geograph 2985765).jpg, The station buildings. Image:Wallasey Village railway station 1.JPG, A platform waiting room. Image:Wallasey Village Railway Station (geograph 2986283).jpg, The length of the platform.

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