Prescot railway station

Prescot

Location
Place	Prescot
Local authority	Knowsley
Coordinates	53°25′25″N 2°47′56″W / 53.42358°N 2.79892°W / 53.42358; -2.79892Coordinates: 53°25′25″N 2°47′56″W / 53.42358°N 2.79892°W / 53.42358; -2.79892
Grid reference	SJ470921
Operations
Station code	PSC
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	109,952
2005/06	123,875
2006/07	138,037
2007/08	142,182
2008/09	465,108
2009/10	457,630
2010/11	491,188
2011/12	502,566
2012/13	457,608
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	A3/C2/C3
History
Key dates	Opened 1871 (1871)
National Rail – UK railway stations

* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Prescot from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Prescot railway station serves the town of Prescot, Merseyside, England. It is situated on the electrified Liverpool to Wigan Line. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern.

Services

Monday to Saturday, Prescot is served by trains every 30 minutes between Liverpool Lime Street and Wigan North Western, with some p.m peak and late evening trains continuing to Preston. However, after 20.00 each evening, the frequency of these services reduces to hourly.^[1]

On Sundays the service is hourly in each direction, running through to Preston & Blackpool North.

Gallery

The station booking office, viewed from the footbridge.
The station footbridge, with new catenary masts visible beyond.
The station buildings.
A Northern Rail Class 156 departs from the station.

References

↑ Table 90 National Rail timetable, May 2016

External links

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Huyton		Northern Liverpool to Wigan Line		Eccleston Park Thatto Heath on Sundays

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

Transport in Merseyside Merseytravel Merseyrail

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