Bromborough railway station

Bromborough
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Location
Place	Bromborough
Local authority	Wirral
Coordinates
Grid reference	SJ343809
Operations
Station code	BOM
Managed by	Merseyrail
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.301 million
2005/06	0.305 million
2006/07	0.297 million
2007/08	0.310 million
2008/09	0.880 million
2009/10	0.842 million
2010/11	0.880 million
2011/12	0.877 million
2012/13	0.824 million
2013/14	0.586 million
2014/15	0.625 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	B2
History
Key dates	Opened 1841 (1841)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bromborough from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Bromborough railway station is one of two stations serving the Bromborough area of the Wirral, England. The station is situated on the Chester and Ellesmere Port branches of the Wirral Line, part of the Merseyrail network.

History

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View southward, towards Chester in 1961

The station is on the former Chester and Birkenhead Railway, which opened in 1838. The station itself opened in 1841.

Direct train services to Liverpool began in 1985, when the line between Rock Ferry and Hooton was electrified; previously passengers for Liverpool had to change at Rock Ferry. Further electrification by British Rail in early 1990s allowed electric train services to be extended, first to Chester in 1993 and then Ellesmere Port in 1994.

Facilities

The station is staffed, during all opening hours, and has platform CCTV. There is a payphone, a vending machine and a booking office. There are departure and arrival screens, on the platform, for passenger information. Each of the two platforms has sheltered seating. There is a free car park with 87 spaces, which is across Allport Road, a cycle rack with 8 spaces, and a secure cycle locker with 76 spaces. Access to the station booking office from Allport Road is straightforward. Access to each of the two platforms is by a stepped ramp or a staircase. This allows relatively easy access for passengers with wheelchairs or prams. Platform access has not been modernised to the standard of that at Hooton.

Services

Trains operate every 15 minutes between Chester and Liverpool on weekdays and Saturdays until late evening when the service becomes half-hourly, as it is on Sundays. Additionally there is a half-hourly service between Liverpool and Ellesmere Port all day, every day. Northbound trains operate via Hamilton Square station in Birkenhead and the Mersey Railway Tunnel to Liverpool. Southbound trains all proceed as far as Hooton, where the lines to Chester and Ellesmere Port divide. These services are all provided by Merseyrail's fleet of Class 507 and Class 508 EMUs.

Gallery

• Arriving at Bromborough Railway Station (geograph 2986491).jpg

  A Class 508 arrives with a service to Hooton.

• Bromborough Railway Station (geograph 2986484).jpg

  The booking office, waiting room and bridge.

• Bromborough railway station sign - DSC04640.JPG

  The station sign on Allport Road.

• Bromborough railway station frontage - DSC04637.JPG

  The station frontage.

External links

• Train times and station information for Bromborough railway station from National Rail

• Station information for Bromborough railway station from Merseyrail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Eastham Rake towards Chester or Ellesmere Port		Merseyrail Wirral Line		Bromborough Rake towards Liverpool Central
	Historical railways
Hooton Line and station open		GWR & LNWR Chester and Birkenhead Railway		Spital Line and station open