Garswood railway station

Garswood

Location
Place	Garswood
Local authority	St Helens
Coordinates	53°29′17″N 2°40′19″W / 53.4881°N 2.672°W / 53.4881; -2.672Coordinates: 53°29′17″N 2°40′19″W / 53.4881°N 2.672°W / 53.4881; -2.672
Grid reference	SJ555992
Operations
Station code	GSW
Managed by	Northern
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	0.124 million
2005/06	0.134 million
2006/07	0.141 million
2007/08	0.147 million
2008/09	0.307 million
2009/10	0.295 million
2010/11	0.315 million
2011/12	330,856
2012/13	302,946
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	A1
History
Original company	Lancashire Union Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
1 December 1869	Opened
National Rail – UK railway stations

* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Garswood from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Garswood railway station serves the village of Garswood in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England. It is situated on the electrified Liverpool to Wigan Line. The station, and all trains calling there, are operated by Northern.

History

The station was opened on 1 December 1869^[1] by the Lancashire Union Railway on their route between St Helens and Blackburn.

Services

During Monday to Saturday daytimes, Garswood is served by trains every 30 minutes between Liverpool Lime Street and Wigan North Western. After 20.00, the service reduces to one train every hour in each direction.^[2]

On Sundays the service is hourly in each direction, with a two-hourly service beyond Wigan to Preston & Blackpool North.

Gallery

A Northern Rail Class 156 waits at the station.
The construction of the new footbridge.
The station building.
The station approach road.

References

↑ Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
↑ Table 90 National Rail timetable, May 2016

External links

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Train times and station information for Garswood railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail		Following station
St Helens Central		Northern Liverpool to Wigan Line	Bryn Wigan North Western on Sundays
	Historical railways
Carr Mill		London and North Western Railway Lancashire Union Railway	Bryn

Merseyrail City Line Stations

Wigan	Liverpool Lime Street Edge Hill Wavertree Technology Park Broad Green Roby Huyton Prescot Eccleston Park Thatto Heath St Helens Central Garswood

Newton-le-Willows	Liverpool Lime Street Edge Hill Wavertree Technology Park Broad Green Roby Huyton Whiston Rainhill Lea Green St Helens Junction Earlestown Newton-le-Willows

Warrington	Liverpool Lime Street Edge Hill Mossley Hill West Allerton Liverpool South Parkway Hunts Cross Halewood Hough Green

Railway stations in Merseyside

Knowsley	Halewood Huyton Kirkby Prescot Roby Whiston

Liverpool (city centre stations in italics)	Aigburth Bank Hall Broad Green Brunswick Cressington Edge Hill Fazakerley Hunts Cross James Street Kirkdale Liverpool Central Liverpool Lime Street Liverpool South Parkway Moorfields Mossley Hill Orrell Park Rice Lane St Michaels Sandhills Walton Wavertree Technology Park West Allerton

Sefton	Ainsdale Aintree Birkdale Blundellsands & Crosby Bootle New Strand Bootle Oriel Road Formby Freshfield Hall Road Hightown Hillside Maghull Meols Cop Old Roan Seaforth & Litherland Southport Waterloo

St Helens	Earlestown Eccleston Park Garswood Lea Green Newton-le-Willows Rainford Rainhill St Helens Central St Helens Junction Thatto Heath

Wirral	Bebington Beechwood (proposed) Bidston Birkenhead Central Birkenhead North Birkenhead Park Bromborough Bromborough Rake Conway Park Eastham Rake Green Lane Hamilton Square Heswall Hoylake Leasowe Manor Road Meols Moreton New Brighton Port Sunlight Rock Ferry Spital Upton Wallasey Grove Road Wallasey Village West Kirby Woodchurch (proposed)

Outside Merseyside, but within the Merseytravel area	Hooton Hough Green Town Green Aughton Park Ormskirk

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