Garswood railway station serves the village of

Garswood Garswood is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of St. Helens, Merseyside, England. The village is within the civil parish of Seneley Green. The parish was historically part of Ashton-in-Makerfield until 1974 boundary changes. History Within ...

in the

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Merseyside Merseyside ( ) is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in North West England, with a population of 1.38 million. It encompasses both banks of the Mersey Estuary and comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton, Wi ...

, England. It is situated on the electrified

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Liverpool to Wigan City Line, northeast of

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. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by

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, however the station is branded Merseyrail using Merseyrail ticketing.

History

The station was opened on 1 December 1869 by the

Lancashire Union Railway The Lancashire Union Railway ran between Blackburn and St Helens in Lancashire, England. It was built primarily to carry goods between Blackburn and Garston Dock on the River Mersey, and also to serve collieries in the Wigan area. Most of the ...

on their route between St Helens and . It later became part of the London and North Western Railway, with through running to Liverpool via Huyton commencing in 1871. Passenger services over the Wigan to and Blackburn section ended in January 1960.

Facilities

The station has a ticket office on the northbound platform (1) and a waiting room on platform 2. The ticket office is staffed throughout the hours of service (as is usual for

-sponsored stations), seven days per week. Customer help points, digital PIS displays and timetable poster boards are provided to offer train running information. Step-free access is only available to platform 1, as platform 2 (for Liverpool) can only be reached via the footbridge (which has steps).

Services

During Monday to Saturday daytimes, Garswood is served by trains every 30 minutes between

and . A few peak hour trains run through to/from and . On Sundays the service is also half-hourly in each direction, with one per hour through to Preston and Blackpool northbound.

Gallery

Image:Garswood railway station (1).JPG, A

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Class 156 waits at the station. Image:Garswood Railway Station.jpg, The construction of the new footbridge. Image:Station building, Garswood railway station (geograph 3795526).jpg, The station building. Image:The approach to Garswood station - geograph.org.uk - 1174212.jpg, The station approach road.

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Railway stations in St Helens, Merseyside DfT Category E stations Former London and North Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1869 Northern franchise railway stations 1869 establishments in England {{Merseyside-railstation-stub