Rainhill railway station

Rainhill
Rainhill railway station
Location
Place	Rainhill
Local authority	St Helens
Grid reference	SJ491914
Operations
Station code	RNH
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	0.168 million
2005/06	0.179 million
2006/07	0.179 million
2007/08	0.166 million
2008/09	0.447 million
2009/10	0.436 million
2010/11	0.459 million
2011/12	0.470 million
2012/13	0.450 million
2013/14	0.346 million
2014/15	0.349 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	A2
History
1830	Opened
National Rail – UK railway stations

* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Rainhill from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Rainhill railway station serves the district 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 original Liverpool and Manchester Railway which opened in 1830. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern on behalf of Merseytravel and are branded as Merseyrail services.

Rainhill has an important place in railway history, as the location of the Rainhill Trials where the proposed designs of locomotive for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway were tested in competition. Rainhill is one of the oldest stations in the world opening in 1830.

George Stephenson designed and had constructed the skew arch bridge across the railway for the opening of the station. The bridge was the first skew to ever cross a railway and is now a listed building.

Services

Rainhill is served by Northern services between Liverpool Lime Street and either Manchester Victoria or Warrington Bank Quay every half-hour on Monday to Saturday daytimes. Prior to the May 2014 timetable change, some trains continued beyond Manchester to destinations such as Stalybridge or Huddersfield. During the evenings there is an hourly service to Manchester Victoria & Liverpool.^[1]

On Sundays, trains run once per hour between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Piccadilly (instead of Victoria), and continue to Manchester Airport.

Following completion of electrification of the line in Spring 2015, the Liverpool to Manchester Airport, Liverpool to Manchester Victoria and Liverpool to Warrington Bank Quay services are now operated by 4-Car Class 319 Electric Units.

Gallery

The station booking office.
A Northern Rail Class 156 waits at the station.
Stephenson's Skew Bridge.
The "Rocket" garden.

Notes

↑ Table 90 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources

Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.

External links

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Whiston		Northern Liverpool to Manchester Line		Lea Green

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

Coordinates: 53°25′02″N 2°46′03″W / 53.417112°N 2.767604°W / 53.417112; -2.767604

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