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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.
The station has a ticket office on the northbound platform (1) and a waiting room on platform 2. The ticket office is staffed throughout the hours of service (as is usual for Merseytravel-sponsored stations), seven days per week. Customer help points, digital PIS displays and timetable poster boards are provided to offer train running information.
one to the west of both stations which opened in 1847 facing Newton Bridge (later called Newton-le-Willows) and Liverpool was known variously as Parkside West Junction, Parkside & Liverpool Junction, and since at least 2005, Newton-le-Willows Junction. [22] [23]
The station was not originally called Earlestown; it was listed as Viaduct, Newton Junction and Warrington Junction in timetables during its early years of operation. [1] By 1861, it was known as Earlestown Junction until 5 June 1950, when the 'Junction' suffix was dropped.
A railway station was built at the junction of the two railways, a mile west of the town of Newton in Makerfield, now Newton-le-Willows, and was given the name Newton Junction. A locomotive and wagon works was built just west of the station and a model town was constructed for its workers. In 1837, the name of the station was changed to Earlestown.
The east facing curve and the main line between Newton-le-Willows and Castlefield Junction in Manchester was electrified on 9 December 2013. [ 33 ] The lines through the station site are still open in 2020.
Rainhill railway station serves the village of Rainhill in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the electrified northern route of the Liverpool to Manchester Line, forming part of the Liverpool City Line. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern Trains on behalf of Merseytravel and are branded as Merseytravel services.
Station name Postcode External links to map of station at Multimap.com Code External links to livedepartureboards.com showing current departures and arrivals for this station Nafferton: YO25 4LU: NFN: Nailsea and Backwell: BS48 3LE: NLS: Nairn: IV12 4QP: NRN: Nantwich: CW5 7BG: NAN: Narberth: SA67 8TY: NAR: Narborough: LE9 5HR: NBR: Navigation ...