Liverpool South Parkway railway station

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Liverpool South Parkway
for Liverpool John Lennon Airport
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General information
Location Garston, Liverpool
England
Coordinates 53°21′28″N2°53′23″W / 53.3577°N 2.8897°W / 53.3577; -2.8897
Grid reference SJ408849
Managed by Merseyrail
Transit authority Merseytravel
Platforms6
Other information
Station codeLPY
Fare zoneC1/C2
Classification DfT category B
Key dates
11 June 2006Opened
Passengers
2019/20Decrease2.svg 2.663 million
 Interchange Increase2.svg 1.936 million
Railways around Liverpool South Parkway
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Cressington
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West Allerton
Garston
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Platforms 5–6
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Platforms 1–4
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Hunts Cross
Runcorn
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to Crewe
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The station has six platforms (four high-level platforms on the West Coast Main Line and a further two on the Northern Line, a bus station for local bus services, taxi rank, car park, bicycle storage, café and passenger lounge.

The station has been designed to use environmentally friendly techniques wherever possible. Some of the building's electricity is provided by photovoltaic cells. A 700,000-litre (150,000-imperial-gallon; 180,000-US-gallon) rainwater harvesting system has also been installed to reduce the use of mains water. This water will be used for cleaning and washing, as well as toilet flushes. All timber used has been certified by the Forest Stewardship Council as being from a well-managed forest. The roof is made from recycled aluminium instead of virgin materials. [11] The automatic doors at each of the five bus stances open only when a bus arrives, enhancing safety but also retaining heat within the building and avoiding excessive openings of the doors. The free-access main entrance uses a revolving door to avoid draughts.

In August 2006, Liverpool South Parkway won the Innovation Award at Network Rail's annual Environment Awards. [12]

In June 2009, the station underwent some enhancements,[ citation needed ] and saw the introduction of a new travel centre and a heated passenger lounge with Wi-Fi internet access, comfortable chairs and free newspapers, adjacent to the café; ticket barriers at both ends of the concourse were also installed.

A ticket vending machine, allowing collection of tickets booked online, was installed in July 2014.[ citation needed ]

In November 2016, an MtoGo shop was opened, selling a range of snacks and drinks alongside tickets. [13] This replaced the former travel centre, which was converted into a Costa Coffee outlet in the summer of 2017.

Services

Merseyrail Northern Line train at the station Merseyrail Class 507, 507010, Liverpool South Parkway railway station (geograph 3787240).jpg
Merseyrail Northern Line train at the station
Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
Cressington
towards Southport
  Merseyrail
Northern Line
  Hunts Cross
Terminus
Liverpool Lime Street   TransPennine Express
South TransPennine
  Warrington Central
   Warrington West
Liverpool Lime Street   Northern Trains
Liverpool to Manchester Line
  Warrington West
West Allerton    Hunts Cross
Liverpool Lime Street   London Northwestern Railway
Birmingham New Street - Liverpool Lime Street
  Runcorn
Liverpool Lime Street   East Midlands Railway
Liverpool - Norwich
  Widnes
   Hunts Cross
Liverpool Lime Street   Transport for Wales
Halton Curve
  Runcorn

Former services

From 23 May 2011, Northern Rail introduced direct services to Blackpool North. This was achieved by extending the existing Blackpool to Liverpool service. Trains ran non-stop from Liverpool South Parkway to Liverpool Lime Street, where they reversed to continue their journey to Blackpool. Seven trains operated Monday-Saturday, all outside the peaks with no direct evening or Sunday service. [16] [17] This service ceased to serve South Parkway in May 2018, reverting to operate between Liverpool Lime Street and Blackpool North only.

TransPennine Express served the station on its Scarborough services until 2018. This service was replaced with a service by Northern to Manchester Airport, but has since been replaced again by a new service to Cleethorpes by TPE, thus restoring services to the station.

Avanti West Coast services do not normally serve the station. The platforms are not long enough to accommodate a 9 or 11 coach Pendolino train. However, platform 4 was temporarily extended in 2017 to permit services operated by Virgin Trains (Avanti's predecessor) to use the station while Lime Street was closed for major engineering works in autumn 2017 and summer 2018.

A shuttle bus formerly provided a link to the National Trust's property at Speke Hall, running weekends and bank holidays between April and September. [18]

Future

Merseytravel have stated that they aim to work with the train operators to improve the train service at Liverpool South Parkway, introducing new services with each twice-yearly timetable change.

Other new services which have been proposed but not confirmed are:

Proposals for High Speed 2 raise the possibility of London trains calling at Liverpool South Parkway. This could be as part of the new high speed service to Liverpool or as part of a revised stopping pattern on the existing West Coast Main Line service. [20]

Airport tram-train proposal

In August 2009, it was reported that a new tram-train link to Liverpool John Lennon Airport and a link to Kings Dock from the east of the city had been proposed. [21] At Liverpool South Parkway, the tram-train would leave the existing railway line and seamlessly transfer to a new tramway. This project was referenced again in November 2016 in Merseytravel's Rail Development and Delivery presentation as a "top rail project". [22] During the presentation, Merseytravel's Senior Head of Service Operations revealed that there were no immediate plans to develop the rail link and its feasibility depended on the airport's passenger numbers increasing. [23]

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