Glazebrook railway station

Glazebrook railway station serves the villages in the civil parish of Rixton-with-Glazebrook in the Warrington unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern Trains. The station is 9.9 miles (16 km) west of Manchester Oxford Road on the Manchester to Liverpool Line.^[1]

Glazebrook
General information
Location	Rixton-with-Glazebrook, Warrington England
Coordinates	53.4282°N 2.4598°W / 53.4282; -2.4598
Grid reference	SJ694924
Managed by	Northern Trains
Transit authority	Greater Manchester
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	GLZ
Classification	DfT category E
History
Original company	Cheshire Lines Committee
Pre-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
Post-grouping	Cheshire Lines Committee
Key dates
2 September 1873 (1873-09-02)	Station opened
Passengers
2019/20	48,808
2020/21	10,220
2021/22	23,552
2022/23	24,296
2023/24	23,972
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

Lines around Glazebrook & Partington in 1907.

Glazebrook station was formerly located between two junctions, Glazebrook West^[2] for the Wigan Junction Railways to Wigan Central and St Helens Central (GCR), services to those stations ceasing in 1952 (St Helen's Central) and 1964 (Wigan Central);^[3] and Glazebrook East Junction for the line to Stockport Tiviot Dale via Skelton Junction, passenger services to there also ceased in 1964. East of Glazebrook there is the only passing loop east of Warrington, used regularly for late running fast trains to pass local services.

The station building, opened on 2 September 1873,^[4] is of typical Cheshire Lines Committee design. The ticket office is open weekday mornings only (07:10 -10:10).^[5] Although this station is not within the Greater Manchester area, it does mark the western boundary of the range of rail tickets produced by Transport for Greater Manchester. Level access to the platform is available on the Liverpool-bound side; the opposite side is accessed via a long ramp but neither side is listed as step-free by National Rail Enquiries.

Services

Down goods train on Cheshire Lines at Glazebrook in June 1957

Daytime services are roughly two hourly towards Birchwood and Liverpool Lime Street and two hourly towards Irlam and Manchester Oxford Road.^[6] There are additional peak services, but no Sunday services (nearest stations with Sunday services are Irlam or Birchwood).

A summary of services is:

• 12 tpd towards Manchester Oxford Road
• 13 tpd towards Liverpool Lime Street

See also

• Listed buildings in Rixton-with-Glazebrook