Overpool railway station was opened on 17 August 1988 and serves the central area of
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 ...
,
Cheshire,
England
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. It is situated on the
Hooton–Helsby line and is served by the ''
Wirral Line
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The Wirral line connects Liverpool to the Wirral Peninsula via the Mersey Railway Tunnel, with ...
'' which is part 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.
It became part of the Merseyrail network in 1994, when the branch from
Hooton to
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 ...
was electrified, and through train services 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
Birkenhead
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commenced.
Facilities
The station has platform
CCTV. Each platform has a sheltered waiting area. There are live electronic departure and arrival screens, on the platform, for passenger information. There is a
payphone, next to the entrance, on platform 1. There is ramp access, to each platform, from the Overpool Road bridge, for passengers with
wheelchair
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s or
prams.
Overpool is one of four stations on the Merseyrail network that are unstaffed, the others being
Bache
Places
*Bache, Cheshire
*Bache Peninsula, on Ellesmere Island, Canada
People
*Richard Bache (1737–1811), an American Postmaster General
* Sarah Franklin Bache (1743–1808), his wife and Benjamin Franklin's daughter
**Benjamin Franklin Bache ...
,
Capenhurst and
Little Sutton. Passengers purchase tickets from the Ticket Vending Machine located on the platform. This machine can issue tickets to any destination on the rail network. Passengers failing to purchase a ticket will be liable for a Penalty Fare if they board a Merseyrail service without obtaining a valid ticket.
This station became part of the Merseyrail Penalty Fares Area on 15 June 2009.
Services
Overpool is served by trains every 30 minutes (all day every day, including Sundays) between Ellesmere Port and Liverpool.
These services are all provided by Merseyrail's fleet of
Class 507 and
Class 508 EMUs.
Gallery
Image:Service to Liverpool, Overpool Railway Station (geograph 2987192).jpg, A Class 508 arrives with a service 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 ...
.
Image:Overpool Railway Station (geograph 2987165).jpg, The station platforms.
Image:Entrance ramp and flora, Overpool Railway Station (geograph 2987172).jpg, The entrance ramp to one of the platforms.
Image:Bridge, Overpool Railway Station (geograph 2987154).jpg, The platforms and footbridge.
References
Further reading
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External links
Railway stations in Cheshire
DfT Category F2 stations
Railway stations opened by British Rail
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1988
Railway stations served by Merseyrail
Ellesmere Port
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