Index
- Hooton to Warrington Home
- Hooton
- Ellesmere Port
- Stanlow & Thornton
- Ince & Elton
- Helsby
- Frodsham
- Runcorn East
- Warrington Bank Quay
Ellesmere Port formerly Whitby Docks
(1863 - )
The station is situated on the branch of the Birkenhead Railway from Hooton to Helsby which opened in 1863
The station itself opened on July 1 1863, as Whitby Locks and it was renamed Ellesmere Port on September 1 1870
The station building is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building
It also a terminus of the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network
There are two platforms with departures and arrivals of Merseyrail services on platform 1 and with departures and arrivals for the Warrington Bank Quay Line on platform 2
Platform 1, for Merseyrail services, can be accessed by ramp, for passengers with wheelchairs or prams and platform 2, for Northern Rail services, can only be accessed by staircase. Cross-platform access, within the station, is also by staircase only
Northern Rail operates a limited service of 4 trains per day each way, Mondays to Saturdays only to Helsby via Stanlow & Thornton and Ince & Elton, 2 of which continue to Warrington Bank Quay (1 on Saturdays)
In 2014, the station office buildings were improved on Platform 1, to include a new and improved ticket office, a new toilet, a new café and retention of most of the building's classic features and works
The station itself opened on July 1 1863, as Whitby Locks and it was renamed Ellesmere Port on September 1 1870
The station building is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building
It also a terminus of the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network
There are two platforms with departures and arrivals of Merseyrail services on platform 1 and with departures and arrivals for the Warrington Bank Quay Line on platform 2
Platform 1, for Merseyrail services, can be accessed by ramp, for passengers with wheelchairs or prams and platform 2, for Northern Rail services, can only be accessed by staircase. Cross-platform access, within the station, is also by staircase only
Northern Rail operates a limited service of 4 trains per day each way, Mondays to Saturdays only to Helsby via Stanlow & Thornton and Ince & Elton, 2 of which continue to Warrington Bank Quay (1 on Saturdays)
In 2014, the station office buildings were improved on Platform 1, to include a new and improved ticket office, a new toilet, a new café and retention of most of the building's classic features and works
