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{{Infobox station<br />
| name = Frodsham<br />
| symbol_location = gb<br />
| symbol = rail<br />
| image = Frodsham Railway Station.jpg<br />
| borough = [[Frodsham]], [[Cheshire West and Chester]]<br />
| country = England<br />
| grid_name = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]]<br />
| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SJ518779|25|SJ518779}}<br />
| manager = [[Transport for Wales Rail|Transport for Wales]]<br />
| platforms = 2<br />
| code = FRD<br />
| classification = [[United Kingdom railway station categories|DfT category]] F1<br />
| original = [[Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway]]<br />
| pregroup = [[Birkenhead Railway]]<br />
| postgroup = Birkenhead Railway<br />
| years1 = {{Start date|1850|12|18|df=yes}}<br />
| events1 = Station opened<br />
| mpassengers =<br />
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{increase}} 0.260 million}}<br />
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 38,690}}<br />
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 0.142 million}}<br />
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 0.183 million}}<br />
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 0.211 million}}<br />
| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the [[Office of Rail and Road]]<br />
|mapframe=yes<br />
|mapframe-zoom = 14<br />
}}<br />
'''Frodsham railway station''' serves the town of [[Frodsham]], [[Cheshire]], England. The station is managed by [[Transport for Wales Rail|Transport for Wales]]. It was opened along with the line in 1850 and the station building is recorded in the [[National Heritage List for England]] as a designated Grade&nbsp;II [[Listed building#England and Wales|listed building]].<ref name="images">{{NHLE |num= 1253195|desc= Frodsham Railway Station with former stationmaster's house|access-date= 19 July 2013}}</ref> This was restored in 2012 and is in private ownership.<br />
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The station is unstaffed, however the North Cheshire Rail Users Group have "adopted" the station and work on a voluntary basis to keep it looking clean and tidy.<ref>[http://www.ncrug.org.uk/frodsham-station/ NCRUG – Station Projects]</ref><br />
[[File:Frodsham railway station 2060873 93e828ac.jpg|thumb|right|The station in 1964]]<br />
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==Facilities==<br />
Although unstaffed (as noted), the station has a self-service ticket machine (card payments only) to allow intending passengers to buy before boarding or to collect pre-paid tickets. Train running information is provided by CIS displays, timetable posters and a pay phone. Waiting shelters are also provided on both sides. Step-free access is available to both platforms, although the footbridge between them has stairs.<ref>[http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/FRD/details.html Frodsham station facilities] ''National Rail Enquiries''</ref><br />
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==Services==<br />
Most services at Frodsham are operated by [[Transport for Wales Rail|Transport for Wales]], with a limited service operated by [[Northern Trains]].<br />
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Transport for Wales generally operate an hourly service between {{stnlnk|Manchester Airport}} and {{stnlnk|Chester}}, with most services continuing to and from {{stnlnk|Llandudno}} via {{stnlnk|Shotton}}, as well as an hourly service between {{stnlnk|Liverpool Lime Street}} and Chester. These services combine to give an off-peak service of two trains per hour in each direction.<ref name=FRDtt>{{NRtimes|December 2023|81}}</ref><ref>[https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/new-chester-liverpool-rail-service-16072332 "New Chester to Liverpool rail service - more details released] Holmes, D, ''Cheshire Live'' news article 3 April 2019; Retrieved 10 April 2019</ref><br />
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The station is also served by a limited peak hour Northern Trains service between Chester and {{stnlnk|Leeds}} with four trains per day to Chester and five trains per day to Leeds via {{stnlnk|Manchester Victoria}}.<ref name=FRDtt/><br />
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{{s-rail-national|hide1=yes|hide2=yes|previous=Helsby|next=Runcorn East|toc=Northern Trains|route={{smalldiv|[[Chester–Warrington line|Chester to Leeds]]}}|notemid={{smalldiv|Peak Hours only}}}}<br />
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==Expansion of services==<br />
Northern's planned Leeds–Manchester Victoria–Chester service stops here since its launch in May 2019, though only at weekday peak times in the current (May 2019) timetable.<br />
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===Halton curve===<br />
North of Frodsham station, a connecting line to [[Runcorn railway station|Runcorn]] (the [[Halton Curve]]) diverges. This line was, until September 2018, served by just one [[parliamentary train|"parliamentary"]] passenger train a week (which operated on summer Saturdays only) to fulfil legal and contractual obligations and keep the line "open" in accordance with Government legislation. The curve had lost its regular service in May 1975, but continued to be used by seasonal passenger trains between [[Liverpool Lime Street railway station|Liverpool Lime Street]] and Llandudno until 1994 (hence the summer-only service requirement). The train started from Chester and ran non-stop to Runcorn, passing through Frodsham without calling.<br />
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In May 2019 regular service was reintroduced between Liverpool Lime Street and Chester, via Runcorn, with one train per hour every day. [[Transport for Wales Rail]] also run two trains a day from [[Wrexham General railway station|Wrexham General]] to Liverpool Lime Street with one in the opposite direction. These services were originally planned to start in December 2018; however, this was delayed due to a shortage of available rolling stock.<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Listed buildings in Frodsham]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*{{cite book|title=Chester to Warrington|first1=Vic|last1=Mitchell|first2=Keith|last2=Smith|at=figs. 43–59|publisher=Middleton Press|location=West Sussex|year=2013|isbn=9781908174406|oclc=910526793}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
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