Warrington Bank Quay railway station
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| Warrington Bank Quay | |
| Image:Warrington bank quay north.jpg | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Place | Warrington |
| Local authority | Warrington |
| Operations | |
| Managed by | Virgin Trains |
| Platforms in use | 4 |
| Annual entry/exit | 1.055 million * |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| * based on sales of tickets in 2004/05 financial year which end or originate at Warrington Bank Quay. Disclaimer (PDF) | |
| West Coast Main Line |
| Principal stations (from south to north) London Euston Warrington Bank Quay |
Warrington Bank Quay is a mainline train station serving the UK town of Warrington. The town centre has two stations on opposite sides of the main shopping area, Warrington Central operating a more frequent service to the neighbouring cities Liverpool and Manchester. A bus shuttle service operates every 20 minutes Monday to Friday daytime between the two, also linking the offices of the North West Development Agency on the Centre Park business park. Nevertheless Bank Quay suffers from a lack of bus links to other parts of Warrington. It does, however, have a large car park and a taxi rank.
The station consists of two island platforms. The easternmost one has 19th century buildings, but the western platform has buildings dating from the 1950s. Passengers enter the station at street level through a functional modern entrance containing an information office and ticket office, and proceed through a subway, reaching the elevated platforms by stairs or a lift. There is a buffet on the eastern platform.
[edit] Services
It lies on the West Coast Main Line, operated by Virgin Trains, with regular services to London, Birmingham, the South West and Scotland. A regular regional express service operates between Manchester, Chester and North Wales operated by Arriva Trains Wales. There are also local services to Liverpool operated by Northern Rail, with a couple of these services per day extending to Ellesmere Port via Runcorn East.
Normal weekday service consits of:
- 1tph to London Euston (via the west coast main line) operated by Virgin Trains [1]
Calling at:
- 1tph to Glasgow Central (via the west coast main line) operated by Virgin Trains[2]
Calling at:
- Wigan North Western, Preston, Lancaster, Oxenholme Lake District, Penrith, Carlisle, Motherwell and Glasgow Central
- 1tph to Manchester Piccadilly operated by Northern Rail [3]
Calling at:
- 1tph to Swansea operated by Arriva Trains Wales [4]
Calling at:
- Crewe, Shrewsbury, Church Stretton, Craven Arms, Ludlow, Leominster, Hereford, Abergavenny, Cwmbran, Newport, Cardiff Central and Swansea
- 1tph to Manchester Oxford Road [5]operated by Arriva Trains Wales
Calling at:
- 1tph to Llandudno operated by Arriva Trains Wales [6]
Calling at:
- Runcorn East, Frodsham, Helsby, Chester, Shotton, Flint, Prestatyn, Rhyl, Abergele and Pensarn, Colwyn Bay, Llandudno railway station, Deganwy (request), Llandudno
- 1tph to Birmingham New Street operated by Virgin Trains [7]
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[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Warrington Bank Quay railway station from National Rail
- Street map and aerial photo of Warrington Bank Quay railway station from Multimap.com
