Bromborough Rake railway station is one of two stations serving the town of Bromborough in

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. The station is situated on the Chester and

Ellesmere Port Ellesmere Port ( ) is a port town in the Cheshire West and Chester borough in Cheshire, England. Ellesmere Port is on the south eastern edge of the Wirral Peninsula, north of Chester, south of Birkenhead, southwest of Runcorn and south of ...

branches of the

Wirral Line The Wirral line is one of two commuter rail routes operated by Merseyrail and centred on Merseyside, England, the other being the Northern line. The Wirral line connects Liverpool to the Wirral Peninsula via the Mersey Railway Tunnel, with ...

, part of the

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network.

History

The station was opened by British Rail in 1985, to coincide with the electrification of the line between

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and Hooton, which allowed through trains to

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a populat ...

, via the

Mersey Railway Tunnel The Mersey Railway was the first part of the passenger railway connecting the communities of Liverpool, Birkenhead, and now the rest of the Wirral Peninsula in England, which lie on opposite banks of the River Mersey, via the Mersey Railway Tun ...

Facilities

The station is staffed, during all opening hours, and has platform CCTV. There is a payphone and a booking office. There are departure and arrival screens, on the platform, for passenger information. Each of the two platforms has sheltered seating. There is no

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at the station, though there is a drop-off point. There is secure cycle parking for 20 cycles. Access to the station booking office is straightforward. Access to both platforms is by ramp, allowing easy access for passengers with

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s or prams.

Services

As of 22 August 2022, trains operate every 30 minutes between Liverpool and Ellesmere Port. Trains operating between Liverpool and Chester no longer call at Bromborough Rake to improve the punctuality of services on the Chester line. Any passengers travelling between Bromborough Rake and Chester now need to change at Hooton. Northbound trains operate via

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station in

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and the

. Southbound trains travel towards Hooton, where the lines to Chester and

divide. These services are provided by Merseyrail's fleet of Class 507 and Class 508 EMUs.

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{{Railway stations served by Merseyrail Railway stations in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral DfT Category E stations Railway stations opened by British Rail Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1985 Railway stations served by Merseyrail

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