Huyton railway station

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Huyton
Huyton railway station in 1970
Location
Place	Huyton
Local authority	Knowsley
Operations
Station code	HUY
Managed by	Northern Rail
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	0.393 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	C1/A3/C2/C3
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Huyton from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Huyton railway station serves the area of Huyton in Merseyside, England. The station acts as an interchange between the Liverpool-Wigan Line and the northern route of the Liverpool-Manchester Line which diverge soon after the station. It is one of the busier stations on these lines. The station is close to the shopping centre and bus station.

[edit] Routes

There are 10 trains per hour passing through the station.

• 1tph to Warrington Bank Quay calling at:

Whiston, Rainhill, Lea Green, St Helens Junction, Earlestown and Warrington Bank Quay

• 2tph to Wigan North Western calling at:

Prescot, Eccleston Park, Thatto Heath, St Helens Central, Garswood, Bryn and Wigan North Western

• 1tph to Stalybridge calling at:

Whiston, Rainhill, Lea Green, St Helens Junction, Earlestown, Newton-le-Willows, Patricroft, Eccles, Manchester Victoria, Ashton-under-Lyne and Stalybridge

During the evening this service runs to Victoria only. At peak times, this service runs further into the peak district (Rochdale, Huddersfield or Tordmorden)

• 1tph to Blackpool North calling at:

St Helens Central, Wigan North Western, Euxton Balshaw Lane, Leyland, Preston and Blackpool North

• 5tph to Liverpool Lime Street calling at:

Roby (4tph), Broad Green (4tph), Wavertree Tech Park (4tph), Edge Hill (2tph) and Liverpool Lime Street

1tph runs non-stop from Huyton to Lime St

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Huyton railway station from National Rail

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