Manor Road railway station

Manor Road
Platforms and footbridge.
General information
Location	Hoylake, Wirral England
Grid reference	SJ222893
Managed by	Merseyrail
Transit authority	Merseytravel
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	MNR
Fare zone	B2
Classification	DfT category E
Key dates
1940	Opened
Passengers
2018/19	0.332 million
2019/20	0.368 million
2020/21	90,840
2021/22	0.207 million
2022/23	0.241 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Manor Road railway station is a station in Merseyside, England that serves the towns of Hoylake and Meols. It is located on the West Kirby branch of the Wirral Line, part of the Merseyrail network.

History

The station was proposed in 1936 and opened on 15 May 1940 by the London Midland and Scottish Railway, after their electrification of the former Wirral Railway route from Birkenhead to West Kirby. This allowed for through trains to run between Liverpool and West Kirby.^[1][2]

Facilities

The station is fully staffed during opening hours and has CCTV cameras on the platform.^[1] Each platform has a sheltered seating area for passengers waiting for trains. There is a payphone, booking office and live departure and arrival screens, for passenger information. The station does not have a car park, but does have a secure cycle storage for 10 cycles. There is step-free access available only for the Liverpool-bound platform, for wheelchairs and prams.^[2]

Services

Trains run every 15 minutes (Monday to Saturday during the day) between West Kirby and Liverpool. At other times, trains operate every 30 minutes.^[3] These services are all provided by Merseyrail's fleet of Class 507 and Class 777 EMUs.

Gallery

• 
  On the Liverpool-bound platform, looking towards Meols.
• 
  A view in the direction of West Kirby.
• 
  A Merseyrail Class 507 on the West Kirby-bound platform.
• 
  The waiting shelter on the West Kirby-bound platform.

References

Sources

• Maund, T.B. (2009). The Wirral Railway and its Predecessors. Lydney: Lightmoor Press. pp. 176–177. ISBN 978-1-899889-38-9.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2014). Birkenhead to West Kirby. Middleton Press. figs. 48-49. ISBN 9781908174611. OCLC 885451764.

External links

New Brighton BranchWest Kirby BranchNorthern BranchLiverpool LoopSouthern BranchChester BranchEllesmere Port Branch