Eastham Rake railway station

Eastham Rake railway station is a railway station which serves the village of Eastham on the Wirral Peninsula. It is situated on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network 8+1⁄2 miles (13.7 km) south-west of Liverpool Lime Street. The station opened on the 7th of June, 1995.^[1]

Eastham Rake
General information
Location	Eastham, Wirral England
Coordinates	53.3077°N 2.9813°W / 53.3077; -2.9813
Grid reference	SJ347794
Managed by	Merseyrail
Transit authority	Merseytravel
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	ERA
Fare zone	B2
Classification	DfT category E
Key dates
1995	Opened
Passengers
2019/20	0.484 million
2020/21	0.137 million
2021/22	0.335 million
2022/23	0.374 million
2023/24	0.388 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Facilities

The station is staffed, during all opening hours, and has platform CCTV.^[2] There is a payphone, a vending machine and a booking office. There is an Amazon Locker at the booking office under the name 'pravin', which is accessible 24/7. 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 101 spaces, a cycle rack with 6 spaces, and a secure cycle locker with 44 spaces.^[3] Access to the station booking office is on the pavement. Access to each of the two platforms is by a stepped ramp. This allows relatively easy access for passengers with wheelchairs or prams.^[4]

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.^[5] Northbound trains operate via Birkenhead Hamilton Square station in Birkenhead and the Mersey Railway Tunnel to Liverpool. Southbound, the next station is Hooton, where the lines to Chester and Ellesmere Port divide. These services are all provided by Merseyrail's fleet of Class 777 EMUs.^[6]

Gallery

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  A Class 507 arrives with a service to Liverpool Central.
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  The platforms and footbridge.
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  A Class 507 arrives with a service.
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  The platforms and footbridge.
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  Brand-new station sign at the ticket office, fitted January 2025.