Broad Green railway station is a

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serving the Broadgreen district of

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, east of Liverpool Lime Street. Electrically powered trains have been operating through the station since March 2015, using Class 319 EMUs.

History

The oldest passenger station in the world was Crown Street railway station 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 Trans Pennine Trail.

Facilities

The ticket office is located on the Liverpool-bound platform (platform 1) and like most Merseytravel-sponsored stations is manned 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. 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 M62 motorway 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. Broadgreen Hospital is a little under half a mile away.

Services

The station is operated by

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, being served by trains from Liverpool Lime Street to

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and via , with limited services to , and . There are 3 trains per hour westbound to on Mondays to Saturdays, reduced to 2 trains per hour on Sundays. The normal eastbound off-peak service is of two trains per hour to Wigan North Western, and one train per hour to via . During peak times, additional services to also operate. On Sundays, there is an hourly service from Lime Street to Blackpool North via

. Additionally, services from to are extended to . Merseyrail Map

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

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