West Allerton Railway Station

West Allerton railway station serves the suburb of Allerton, Liverpool in the north west of England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern and it is situated 4 + 1 /4mi southeast of Liverpool Lime Street on the main line to Runcorn and Crewe. HistoryThe station opened on 2 January 1939. Allerton station was to the south, but it closed in 2005 to make way for Liverpool South Parkway which opened the following year. FacilitiesThere are four platforms, two of which, platforms 1 and 2, are located on the fast lines and are where most trains stop. Platforms 3 and 4 are on the slow lines and are used infrequently, mainly where faster services are booked to overtake stopping services on this stretch of line (This is most common in the Liverpool-bound direction). The platform layout consists of three structures: Platform 1 - single faced, on the Up Fast line. Platform 2-3 - double faced, between the Down Fast line & Up Slow lines. Platform 4 - single faced, on the Down Slow line. All platforms have a basic glass and metal shelter approximately halfway along; the central island platform (2-3) is fully enclosed, whereas the outer platforms have single sided ones. Help points are provided for emergency use and for train running information (there is also a P. A system in place to provide automated service announcements). The station building on the over bridge has a staffed booking office that is open during hours when trains are serving the station, this is operated by Northern though sponsored by Merseytravel. There is no step-free access to the platforms, as the footbridge from the ticket office to platform level has stairs.

West Allerton railway station serves the suburb of Allerton, Liverpool in the north west of England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern and it is situated 4 + 1 /4mi southeast of Liverpool Lime Street on the main line to Runcorn and Crewe. HistoryThe station opened on 2 January 1939. Allerton station was to the south, but it closed in 2005 to make way for Liverpool South Parkway which opened the following year. FacilitiesThere are four platforms, two of which, platforms 1 and 2, are located on the fast lines and are where most trains stop. Platforms 3 and 4 are on the slow lines and are used infrequently, mainly where faster services are booked to overtake stopping services on this stretch of line (This is most common in the Liverpool-bound direction). The platform layout consists of three structures: Platform 1 - single faced, on the Up Fast line. Platform 2-3 - double faced, between the Down Fast line & Up Slow lines. Platform 4 - single faced, on the Down Slow line. All platforms have a basic glass and metal shelter approximately halfway along; the central island platform (2-3) is fully enclosed, whereas the outer platforms have single sided ones. Help points are provided for emergency use and for train running information (there is also a P. A system in place to provide automated service announcements). The station building on the over bridge has a staffed booking office that is open during hours when trains are serving the station, this is operated by Northern though sponsored by Merseytravel. There is no step-free access to the platforms, as the footbridge from the ticket office to platform level has stairs.