Spital railway station
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Spital  | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Spital, Wirral England |
| Coordinates | 53°20′24″N 2°59′39″W / 53.3400°N 2.9941°W |
| Grid reference | SJ338831 |
| Managed by | Merseyrail |
| Transit authority | Merseytravel |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | SPI |
| Fare zone | B1/B2 |
| Classification | DfT category E |
| Passengers | |
| 2018/19 |  0.451 million |
| 2019/20 |  0.483 million |
| 2020/21 | 0.119 million |
| 2021/22 | 0.297 million |
| 2022/23 | 0.359 million |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
Spital railway station is a railway station serving the village of Spital in Merseyside, England. The station is located on the Wirral Line operated by Merseyrail and there are frequent third rail electric train services to Liverpool, Chester and Ellesmere Port.
Facilities[edit]
The station is staffed, during all opening hours, and has platform CCTV.[1] There is a payphone, a vending machine and a booking office. There are departure and arrival screens on the platforms for passenger information. Each of the two platforms has sheltered seating. The station has a car park, with 141 spaces, a cycle rack with 14 spaces, and a secure cycle locker with 30 spaces.[2][3] Access to the station booking office is straightforward. There is no easy access for passengers with wheelchairs or prams to the platforms, as this is by staircase only.[4]
Services[edit]
Trains run to Liverpool at a frequency of approximately every 10 minutes and a service to Chester every 15 minutes on weekdays and Saturdays until late evening when the service to each destination becomes half-hourly, as it is on Sundays. Additionally there is a half-hourly service to Ellesmere Port all day, every day.[5] Northbound trains operate via Hamilton Square station in Birkenhead and the Mersey Railway Tunnel to Liverpool. Southbound trains all proceed as far as Hooton, where the lines to Chester and Ellesmere Port divide. These services are all provided by Merseyrail's fleet of Class 507 and Class 777 EMUs.
Gallery[edit]
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Two footbridges beyond the northern end of the station. -
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The platform furniture. -
The station frontage.
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References[edit]
- ^ Station Facilities for Spital Accessed 2013-12-20
- ^ Spital train station facilities, Merseyrail Accessed 2013-12-20
- ^ "£400k project expands car parks for Spital station". www.railtechnologymagazine.com. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ Spital Station Plan Accessed 2013-12-20
- ^ "Wirral Line timetable" (PDF). Merseyrail. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
Further reading[edit]
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2012). Chester to Birkenhead. Middleton Press. figs. 52-55. ISBN 9781908174215. OCLC 811323335.
External links[edit]
- Train times and station information for Spital railway station from National Rail
- Station information for Spital railway station from Merseyrail
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bromborough Rake towards Chester or Ellesmere Port | Merseyrail Wirral Line Ellesmere Port/Chester | Port Sunlight towards Liverpool Central | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Bromborough Line and station open | GWR & LNWR Chester and Birkenhead Railway | Port Sunlight Line and station open | ||