Fazakerley railway station is a

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station in

Fazakerley Fazakerley is a suburb of north Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is part of the Liverpool Walton Parliamentary constituency. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 16,786. Description Fazakerley is in north Liverpool; neighbouring dist ...

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 ...

, England. It is situated on the

Kirkby Kirkby ( ) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England. The town, historically in Lancashire, has a size of is north of Huyton and north-east of Liverpool. The population in 2016 was 41,495 making it the largest ...

branch of the

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of the

Merseyrail Merseyrail is a Urban rail in the United Kingdom, commuter rail network serving the Liverpool City Region and adjacent areas of Cheshire and Lancashire. Merseyrail operates 66 railway stations across two lines – the Northern Line (Merseyrail ...

network.

History

The

Liverpool and Bury Railway The Liverpool and Bury Railway was formed in 1845 and opened on 28 November 1848. The line ran from Liverpool Exchange first using a joint line with Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway before branching off to proceed via Kirkby then Wigan ...

(L&BR) was authorised in 1845, but while it was under construction, the L&BR amalgamated with the

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(M&LR) in 1846, and the M&LR in turn was renamed the

Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) was a major British railway company before the 1923 Grouping. It was incorporated in 1847 from an amalgamation of several existing railways. It was the third-largest railway system based in northern ...

in 1847. The line opened on 20 November 1848; one of the original stations was ''Simonswood''. This station was renamed twice: it had become ''Aintree'' by 1850, and in March 1860 it took its present name ''Fazakerley'' to avoid confusion with the nearby station on a different line, which had opened in 1849. At the time of opening, the mileage of the station was from Bury, but this has since been amended to from via

Wigan Wigan ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Douglas. The town is midway between the two cities of Manchester, to the south-east, and Liverpool, to the south-west. Bolton lies to the north-east and Warrington t ...

. To the north-east of the station is Fazakerley Junction, from Manchester Victoria, which is where the

North Mersey Branch The North Mersey Branch (NMB) is a railway line that connected the Liverpool and Bury Railway at Fazakerley Junction with . History The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway built this long double-track line to capture some of the increasing f ...

once headed westwards towards . 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 . The line eastwards was singled in May 1970, though through running beyond Kirkby (to Wigan Wallgate and ) continued until the inauguration of electric operation in May 1977.

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.

Services

During Monday to Saturday daytimes, there are trains every 15 minutes between Kirkby and . In the evenings after 19:45 and all day Sunday, trains operate every 30 minutes.

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{{Railway stations served by Merseyrail Railway stations in Liverpool DfT Category E stations Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1848 Railway stations served by Merseyrail