Hough Green railway station

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Hough Green
Location
Place	Hough Green
Local authority	Halton
Coordinates	53°22′21″N 2°46′30″W / 53.3725, -2.775Coordinates: 53°22′21″N 2°46′30″W / 53.3725, -2.775
Operations
Station code	HGN
Managed by	Northern Rail
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	0.140 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	A2
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hough Green from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
UK Railways Portal

Hough Green railway station is a railway station in the north of Widnes in Halton unitary authority in the north west of England. It is a Grade II listed building.^[1] The station is on the Liverpool-Warrington-Manchester Line 17 km (10½ miles) west of Liverpool Lime Street and all trains serving it are operated by Northern Rail.

Although the station is outside the metropolitan county of Merseyside, tickets issued by Merseytravel (which usually can only be used within Merseyside) are valid for travel to and from Hough Green.

The station is of the standard Cheshire Lines Committee style and, like other Merseyside stations, is staffed full time. There is a car park outside.

The station was formerly a junction for a loop line via Widnes Central, closed in 1964.

[edit] Services

Services operate approximately half-hourly (Monday-Saturday daytimes) in each direction, towards Halewood and Liverpool Lime Street to the west and towards Widnes and Manchester Oxford Road in the east. Services are less frequent in evenings and on Sundays, usually every 60 minutes.

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[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Hough Green railway station from National Rail