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Newton-le-Willows railway station is a railway station in the town of Newton-le-Willows, in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, and at the edge of the Merseytravel region (16 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (26.2 km) from Liverpool Lime Street). The station is branded Merseyrail.
Northern operate two trains per hour on the Chat Moss line, an hourly all-stops service from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Airport operated by Class 323 and 331 EMUs and an hourly service from Chester to Leeds via Bradford Interchange which calls at Earlestown and Newton-le-Willows, operated by Class 195 diesel multiple units.
Services under the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) remained much the same as previously, in 1939 there were 15 services in each direction on weekdays, mostly local trains between Warrington and Wigan with one service from Liverpool, one from Crewe and a few shortened services terminating at Newton-le-Willows, there were slightly less ...
There will be an alternative route to Liverpool docks for electrically-operated freight trains, and better opportunities of electrified access to the proposed freight terminal at Parkside near Newton-le-Willows. The electrification of this line would greatly assist in recommissioning passenger trains, as costs would be reduced.
Due to the change of line on the through Manchester services, the Liverpool trains no longer run on the line through Warrington Central, but travel via Newton-le-Willows instead. [27] Six trains per hour provided by TPE in both directions run on the Huddersfield line between Stalybridge in Greater Manchester and Leeds: [28]
TransPennine Trains Limited, trading as TransPennine Express (TPE), [1] is a British train operating company that has operated passenger services in the TransPennine Express franchise area since May 2023. It runs regional and inter-city rail services between the major cities and towns of Northern England and Scotland.
Monday to Saturdays there is generally an hourly service from the station to Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport eastbound, and Newton-le-Willows and Liverpool Lime Street westbound. These are operated by the Class 331 and Class 323 EMUs on a stopping service between Liverpool and Manchester.
Rainhill is served by Northern Trains. There is an hourly service to Liverpool Lime Street via Huyton, and an hourly service to Manchester Airport - on Sundays this service is extended to Wilmslow. There are two trains per day (Monday-Saturday) to Wigan North Western via Newton-le-Willows, and some peak hour services to Manchester Victoria ...