| St Helens Central | |||
| Location | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place | St Helens | ||
| Local authority | St Helens | ||
| Operations | |||
| Managed by | Northern Rail | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| Annual Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 0.424 million | ||
| Passenger Transport Executive | |||
| PTE | Merseytravel | ||
| Zone | A | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at St Helens Central from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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St Helens Central railway station is a railway station serving the town of St Helens, Merseyside, England, formerly known as St Helens Shaw Street. It is on the Liverpool to Wigan Line from Liverpool Lime Street to Wigan North Western. The station, and all trains calling at it, are operated by Northern Rail. In 2005, Merseytravel and Network Rail invited tenders for the reconstruction of the station, including a new station building, footbridge and lifts. The new station building and facilities are now being rebuilt at a total estimated cost of £6m just a few yards from the site of the current station building. A new footbridge was lifted into place in the early hours of Monday 22 January 2007. The new station was due to be completed in the summer of 2007, and the new waiting rooms and footbridge opened to passengers on Wednesday 19 September 2007. The old station buildings date from the 1960s, when the original station was modernised. The original St Helens Central station, the terminus of a branch from Lowton St Marys, was closed in 1952.
Services
During Monday to Saturday daytimes, there is a half-hourly local service between Liverpool Lime Street and Wigan North Western, and an hourly fast service from Liverpool Lime Street which continues beyond Wigan to Preston and usually to Blackpool North, although some continue to either Morecambe or Barrow-in-Furness. On Sundays, there is an hourly semi-fast service from Liverpool to Wigan, with a number of trains continuing to Blackpool.
See also
External links
- Train times and station information for St Helens Central railway station from National Rail
- Street map and aerial photo of St Helens Central railway station from Multimap.com
- Contract Journal – invitation to tender for the reconstruction of the station
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thatto Heath | Northern Rail Liverpool to Wigan Line |
Garswood | ||
| Huyton | Northern Rail Liverpool to Blackpool/Preston Line |
Wigan North Western | ||
| Terminus | Northern Rail Line soon to be reopened |
St. Helens Junction | ||
| Liverpool Lime Street | Glasgow Trains Proposed Open-Access Operator |
Wigan North Western | ||
| Disused Railways | ||||
| Disused Railways | ||||
| terminus | LNWR St. Helens Railway |
Gerards Bridge | ||
| terminus | LNWR St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway |
Peasley Cross | ||
