- List of railway stations in Merseyside
This is a list of railway stations within the county of Merseyside, a
metropolitan county in northwestEngland which is based on the city ofLiverpool and includes themetropolitan borough s ofLiverpool , Knowsley, Sefton, St Helens and the Wirral.cite web|title=Local Councils in North West England|url=http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/DG_4003645|accessdate=2008-09-07|publisher=Department for Work and Pensions|year=2008|work=Directgov website] It includes allrailway station s in Merseyside that currently have regular timetabled train services.Merseyrail is the brand name of the self-contained rail network on Merseyside.cite web|title=Who are Merseyrail|url=http://www.merseyrail.org/about/?sGUID=2a45e2d07d59c0d621570a918cb62195|accessdate=2008-09-07|publisher=Merseyrail Electrics (2002) Ltd|year=2008|work=Merseyrail website] TheMerseyside Passenger Transport Executive , branded Merseytravel, coordinates public transport in Merseyside. In respect of rail services, it is responsible for awarding the Merseyrail franchise to private operators, and for setting zonal boundaries forseason ticket fares.cite web|title=Money saving season tickets|url=http://www.merseytravel.gov.uk/articleimages/Trio,%20Solo,%20Railpass%20leaflet%202008b.pdf|format=PDF|accessdate=2008-09-07|publisher=Merseytravel|year=2008|work=Merseyrail Trio, Solo and Railpass ticket leaflet] Certain rail services in the metropolitan county are run by other operators (mostlyNorthern Rail ); Merseytravel also sponsors these, and the Merseyrail branding is used on them.tations currently in use
The following table lists the name and three-letter code of each station the year it first opened the metropolitan borough in which it lies the zone(s) in which it is situated the train operators who currently provide its services and the number of passengers using the station in the 2005–06 and 2006–07 financial years as collated by the
Office of Rail Regulation a Government body.cite web|title=Station usage|url=http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.1529|accessdate=2008-09-07|publisher=Office of Rail Regulation|year=2008|work=Office of Rail Regulation website]Additionally, Maghull station is in both Zone C3 and Zone F.
Closed stations
ee also
*For current stations by borough, see the , , , and .
*For current stations by line, seeBorderlands Line ,Liverpool to Manchester Line ,Liverpool to Wigan Line ,Northern Line (Merseyrail) , andWirral Line .Footnotes
*ref label|CLOSURE|a|a Aigburth, Cressington and St Michaels were closed between 1972 and 1978.cite book |last=Macfarlane |first=Andrew |editor=Andrew Macfarlane |others=Railway Development Society |title=Peaks and Plains by Rail |origyear=1989 |publisher=Jarrold Colour Publications |location=Norwich |isbn=0-7117-0429-5 |chapter=Liverpool Central–Hunts Cross |pages=p45 ]
*ref label|LVC|b|b High Level station opened 1874 and closed 1972. Low Level station opened 1892, closed 1975 and reopened 1977. Deep Level platform opened 1977.
*ref label|LIV|c|c Low Level platform opened 1977.References
External links
* [http://www.merseyrail.org/ Merseyrail website]
* [http://www.merseyrail.org/documents/NetworkMap.pdf Merseyrail Network Map]
* [http://www.merseytravel.gov.uk/ Merseytravel website]
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