Glazebrook railway station

Railway station in Cheshire, England

53°25′42″N 2°27′35″W / 53.4282°N 2.4598°W / 53.4282; -2.4598Grid referenceSJ694924Managed byNorthern TrainsTransit authorityGreater ManchesterPlatforms2Other informationStation codeGLZClassificationDfT category EHistoryOriginal companyCheshire Lines CommitteePre-groupingCheshire Lines CommitteePost-groupingCheshire Lines CommitteeKey dates2 September 1873 (1873-09-02)Station openedPassengers2018/19

49,5742019/20

48,8082020/21

10,2202021/22

23,5522022/23

24,296

Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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]

History

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

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

References

^ Barnett, Jonathon (5 July 2022). "Newly formed railway station in Cheshire is given a makeover". Chester and District Standard. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
^ Hay 1984, p. 88.
^ Sweeney 2013, pp. 15–19
^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 104. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
^ Glazebrook station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 12 December 2016
^ Table 86 National Rail timetable, May 2023

Sources

Hay, Peter (1984). Pre-grouping trains on British Railways : the LNER companies. Poole: Oxford Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-86093-315-1.
Sweeney, Dennis J (2013). The Wigan Junction Railways. Leigh: Triangle Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9550030-5-9.

External links

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

Preceding station	National Rail		Following station
Birchwood		Northern Trains Manchester to Liverpool Line Southern Route (Cheshire Lines)	Irlam
	Disused railways
Padgate Line and station open		Cheshire Lines Committee Glazebrook East Junction to Skelton Junction Line	Cadishead Line and station closed
Newchurch Halt Line and station closed		Great Central Railway Wigan Junction Railways	Irlam Line and station open