St Michaels railway station

Infobox UK station
name = St Michaels


manager = Merseyrail
code = STM
locale = St Michael's Hamlet
borough = Liverpool
pte = Merseytravel
zone = C1
usage0405 = 0.289
platforms = 2
years = 1864
1972
1978
events = Opened
Closed
Reopened

St Michaels railway station is a railway station in St Michael's Hamlet, Liverpool, England, on the Northern Line of the Merseyrail suburban system. It is situated near, but not on St Michael's Road, Aigburth, a short distance to the south of the Lark Lane and Sefton Park neighbourhoods.

Description

The main station building sits at street level, over the lines which are in a cutting. Leading down to the platforms from apertures in the station building are ramps which were built for the Liverpool Garden Festival in 1984. Steps to street level (bypassing the ticket office) have been sealed off. The station building contains the ticket office and a snack vending machine, but no automated ticket selling machine, nor ticket barriers. There is free parking directly outside for four cars and at least two bicycles, with unrestricted parking for many more cars available in the vicinity.

History

The station opened in 1864 as part of the Garston and Liverpool Railway line between Brunswick and Garston Dock. In 1865 the station and line were incorporated into the Cheshire Lines Committee.

The station closed in 1972 but reopened in 1978 as part of the Kirkby–Garston line of the Merseyrail system. The reopening of the station was part-funded by Marks and Spencer, because of that company's use of the "St Michael" brand; this is recognised by a plaque at the site. Services were extended from Garston to Hunts Cross in 1983, and diverted to Southport instead of Kirkby in 1984.

From 11 December 2006 the Monday-Saturday evening service was increased to run every 15 minutes, instead of half-hourly as previously.

ervices

Trains operate every 15 minutes, Monday-Saturday to Southport via Liverpool Central to the north, and Hunts Cross to the south. On Sundays, services are every 30 minutes in each direction. There are timetables but no live information screens on the platforms.

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External links

* [http://www.merseyrail.org/stations/?iStationId=62 Station information] from Merseyrail