Meols railway station
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| Meols | |||
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| Location | |||
| Place | Meols | ||
| Local authority | Wirral | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | MEO | ||
| Managed by | Merseyrail | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2005/06 * | 0.197 million | ||
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| PTE | Merseytravel | ||
| Zone | B2 | ||
| History | |||
| 1866 1938 |
Opened Rebuilt/Electrified |
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| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Meols from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Meols railway station is situated in Meols, Wirral, Merseyside, England. It lies on the West Kirby branch of the Wirral Line, part of the Merseyrail network.
[edit] History
Meols was one of the original stations on the Hoylake Railway, opening in 1866. The Hoylake Railway became part of the Wirral Railway in 1883, which subsequently became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923. Through services to Liverpool began in 1938, when the line was electrified. The station was rebuilt to coincide with this.
The main road which crosses the railway here originally did so by a level crossing. For the electrification scheme of 1938 a road bridge was built with a new station entrance and ticket office at the top of the bridge. The line of shops to the Hoylake side of the station at track level are situated on what was the old main road.
After 1938 the signalbox at the level crossing was closed, and semaphore Intermediate Block Signals, operating automatically, were introduced, the only such signals on the Liverpool to west Kirby line. They broke the otherwise long distance between Moreton and Hoylake, the two signalboxes on either side. These semaphore signals remained until the 1990s when the line was resignalled with colour-light signals.
[edit] Services
Current services are every 15 minutes (Monday to Saturday daytime) to West Kirby and Liverpool. At other times, trains operate every 30 minutes.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Meols railway station from National Rail
- Station information from Merseyrail
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Manor Road | Merseyrail Wirral Line |
Moreton | ||
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