Runcorn East railway station
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History
The station opened by British Rail on 3 October 1983[1] to serve the new suburbs of Runcorn New Town. It is situated a short distance from the site of the former Norton station (closed by the British Transport Commission in 1952) and the nearby signal box still bears this name.
The station was formally adopted by the North Cheshire Rail Users group on 16 May 2008, under the Arriva Trains Wales Adopt a Station Initiative.
Facilities
Arriva began looking into the possibility of installing scrolling information screens on the platforms, with train running information in 2008. An initial site survey was carried out on 30 May 2008 with a follow-up on 20 September 2008. A third site survey was carried out in January 2010; this also included a PA system being installed, looking at improving CCTV coverage over the station and improvements for disabled access to the station. On 17 January 2011 site work started on the installation of information screens on both platforms - these are now completed and operational (as of May 2011).
The station has a staffed ticket office - this is staffed six days per week (not Sundays) from the start of the morning peak until early afternoon. At other times tickets can be purchased from self-service ticket machines (card payments only) available on both platforms. Waiting shelters and bench seating is provided at platform level. Step-free access to both platforms is via ramps from the footbridge that links the ticket office and car park.[2]
Services
Runcorn East is served by an hourly Transport for Wales service to Manchester Piccadilly via Warrington Bank Quay. Many of these are extended through to Template:Rws outside of weekday peak periods.[3]
In the other direction, services run to Chester, with most trains continuing along the North Wales Coast Line to Llandudno (services terminate at Chester in the late evening & on Sundays). The Script error: No such module "convert". Sutton tunnel is just west of the station.
The new Northern Trains Northern Connect service, between Template:Rws and Chester via Manchester Victoria and Halifax, calls at weekday peak periods only since its inauguration in May 2019.[4]
| Preceding station | National Rail National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frodsham | style="background:#Template:KAW colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Transport for Wales Chester to Manchester Line |
style="background:#Template:KAW colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Warrington Bank Quay |
| Frodsham | style="background:#Template:Northern colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Northern Trains Ellesmere Port to Warrington Line Mondays-Saturdays only |
style="background:#Template:Northern colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Warrington Bank Quay |
| Frodsham | style="background:#Template:Northern colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Northern Trains Chester to Leeds Peak hours only |
style="background:#Template:Northern colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Warrington Bank Quay |
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| Halton | style="background:#Template:GWLNW colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Birkenhead Joint Railway | style="background:#Template:GWLNW colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Norton |
Public transport interchange
The Runcorn Busway connects the station to Runcorn Shopping City, and to Widnes via Runcorn Old Town. The station is also connected by an Arriva North West bus service to the main Runcorn station (operated by Avanti West Coast), which has services to Template:Rws, Template:Rws, Template:Rws and Template:Rws via the West Coast Main Line.
References
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Bibliography
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External links
- Train times and station information for Runcorn East railway station from National Rail
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- Runcorn
- Railway stations in Cheshire
- Railway stations in the Borough of Halton
- DfT Category E stations
- Railway stations opened by British Rail
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1983
- Railway stations served by Northern
- Railway stations served by Transport for Wales Rail