Glazebrook railway station serves the villages in the civil parish of Rixton-with-Glazebrook in the

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unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Cheshire,

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

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. The station is west of Manchester Oxford Road on the Manchester to Liverpool Line.

History

Glazebrook & Partington Ellesmere RJD 138

Glazebrook station was formerly located between two junctions, Glazebrook West for the Wigan Junction Railways to Wigan Central and St Helens Central (GCR), services to those stations ceasing in 1952 (St Helen's Central) and 1964 (Wigan Central); and Glazebrook East Junction for the line to Stockport Tiviot Dale via Skelton Junction, passenger services to there also ceased in 1964. East of Glazebrook there is the only

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east of Warrington, used regularly for late running fast trains to pass local services. The station building, opened on 2 September 1873, is of typical

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design. The ticket office is open weekday mornings only (07:10 -10:10). Although this station is not within the

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area, it does mark the western boundary of the range of rail tickets produced by

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. Level access to the platform is available on the Liverpool-bound side; the opposite side is accessed via a long ramp but neither side is listed as step-free by

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Services

Daytime services are roughly two hourly towards Birchwood and

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and two hourly towards

Irlam Irlam is a suburb in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. In 2011, it had a population of 19,933. It lies on flat ground on the south side of the M62 motorway and the north bank of the Manchester Ship Canal, southwest of Salfo ...

and Manchester Oxford Road. Against the trend, evening services are in fact more frequent than during the day (roughly hourly, though most services run to/from Warrington Central only). There are additional peak services but no Sunday services (nearest stations with Sunday services are Irlam or Birchwood). A summary of services is: *12 tpd towards Manchester Oxford Road *1 tpd towards Manchester Airport *13 tpd towards Liverpool Lime Street

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{{Cheshire railway stations Railway stations in Warrington DfT Category E stations Former Cheshire Lines Committee stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1873 Northern franchise railway stations

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