Whiston railway station

Whiston railway station serves the village of Whiston in Merseyside, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern Trains. It lies on the electrified northern route of the Liverpool to Manchester Line, the original Liverpool and Manchester Railway 7+1⁄2 miles (12 km) east of Liverpool Lime Street. It was opened on 10 September 1990 by British Rail, at a cost of £420,000.

Whiston
General information
Location	Whiston, Knowsley England
Grid reference	SJ471910
Managed by	Northern Trains
Transit authority	Merseytravel
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	WHN
Fare zone	A3/C2/C3
Classification	DfT category E
Key dates
10 September 1990	Opened
Passengers
2019/20	0.220 million
2020/21	63,846
2021/22	0.165 million
2022/23	0.203 million
2023/24	0.207 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Facilities

The station is staffed throughout the day, from 06:00 to 23:55 Mondays through to Saturdays and 08:40 to midnight on Sundays. The ticket office is on the Liverpool-bound platform. There are also waiting shelters, help points, timetable poster boards and digital information screens on each platform. Both platforms have step-free access, as has the connecting bridge between them.^[1]

Services

Whiston is served by Northern.

The station receives an hourly service to Liverpool Lime Street and an hourly service to Manchester Airport. There is a daily train to Wigan North Western, and some peak hour services to Manchester Victoria. ^[2]

On Sundays, trains run once per hour between Liverpool Lime Street and Wilmslow via Manchester Airport.

Services are operated mainly using Class 323s & Class 331s.

Gallery

• 
  The station booking office and entrance.
• 
  A Northern Rail Class 142 waits at the station.
• 
  One of the platform waiting shelters.
• 
  A DB Schenker Class 60 passes through the station with a freight train.