Broad Green railway station is a

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serving the Broadgreen district of

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, England, east of Liverpool Lime Street. Established in 1830, it is the world's oldest actively operating railway station. Electrically powered trains have been operating through the station since March 2015, using Class 319

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History

The oldest passenger station in the world was

Crown Street railway station Crown Street Station was a passenger railway terminal station on Crown Street, Liverpool, England. The station was the world's first intercity passenger station, opening in 1830, also being the railway terminal station for Liverpool. Used for p ...

on the Liverpool and Manchester passenger railway opening on 17 September 1830. The trains set out on the first day at the Liverpool end. The second station on the line was the original

Edge Hill railway station Edge Hill railway station is a railway station that serves the district of Edge Hill, Liverpool, England and is one of the oldest railway stations in the world There have been two stations of that name. The first stood a short distance south- ...

, the third was Broad Green station. In 1836 Crown Street station was demolished and Edge Hill decommissioned. A new Edge Hill station opened to the north of the original station in the grounds of the Edge Hill junction. This leaves Broad Green station as the oldest used railway station in the world. The current station buildings are not original, dating from 1972. About to the east of the station the abandoned

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passes under the lines, which is currently part of the

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Facilities

The ticket office is located on the Liverpool-bound platform (platform 1) and like most

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-sponsored stations is staffed throughout the hours of service, seven days per week. A waiting shelter is provided on platform 2 and there are digital display screens and customer help points provided on both sides. The platforms are linked by a subway with steps, but level access is available to both sides via nearby streets.Broad Green station facilities
''National Rail Enquiries''; Retrieved 11 January 2017 Merseytravel announced in April 2019 that they had been successful in a bid for funding lifts being installed at the station under the Department for Transport's ‘Access for All’ programme. The lifts are expected to be installed at some point over the following five years. The station is located very close to junction 4 of the

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however it is not a 'parkway' or an 'interchange' station. It has recently introduced a 'Park and Ride' scheme, with a large car park situated on the south side of the station.

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is a little under half a mile away.

Services

This station is operated and managed by Northern. The station receives three trains per hour in each direction Monday-Saturday, during the off-peak. 3tph to

Liverpool Lime Street Liverpool Lime Street is a terminus railway station and the main station serving the city centre of Liverpool. Opened in August 1836, it is the oldest still-operating grand terminus mainline station in the world. A branch of the West Coast ...

, calling at Wavertree Tech Park and Edge Hill. 1tph to Manchester Airport, via Lea Green, Newton-le-Willows and Manchester Piccadilly. 2tph to Wigan North Western via St Helens Central. During peak hours, additional services operate to

Manchester Victoria Manchester Victoria station in Manchester, England is a combined mainline railway station and Metrolink tram stop. Situated to the north of the city centre on Hunts Bank, close to Manchester Cathedral, it adjoins Manchester Arena which was co ...

and Blackpool North via Preston. On Sundays, there are 2 trains per hour in each direction, with the Wigan NW service extending to Blackpool North, and the Manchester Airport service extending to Wilmslow.

Gallery

File:Broad Green railway station.jpg, 1865 postcard of Broad Green File:Broad Green Station 1912320.jpg, The view westward, towards Liverpool Lime Street in 1962. File:Broad Green railway station (1).jpg, A broad view of the two platforms, next to the M62 bridge. File:Northern Rail Class 156, 156483, Broad Green railway station (geograph 3795725).jpg, A

Northern Rail Northern Rail, branded as Northern, was an English train operating company owned by Serco-Abellio that operated the Northern Rail franchise from 2004 until 2016. It was the primary passenger train operator in Northern England, and operated th ...

Class 156 waits at the station. File:Broad Green railway station, ticket office.jpg, The booking office, from the street.

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