General information | |
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Location | Orrell Park, Liverpool England |
Coordinates | 53°27′43″N2°57′46″W / 53.4620°N 2.9628°W |
Grid reference | SJ361965 |
Managed by | Merseyrail |
Transit authority | Merseytravel |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | OPK |
Fare zone | C1 |
Classification | DfT category E |
History | |
Original company | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
Pre-grouping | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Key dates | |
19 November 1906 | Opened as Orrell Park Halt |
after 1948 | Renamed Orrell Park |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 1.124 million |
2019/20 | 1.314 million |
2020/21 | 0.356 million |
2021/22 | 0.813 million |
2022/23 | 1.053 million |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
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Orrell Park is the most convenient station for the Walton Vale shopping area.
As with most Merseyrail stations,it has a ticket office that is fully staffed from start of service until after the last train has left (closing shortly after midnight). There is also a ticket machine available. There is a refreshment vending machine provided and waiting shelters on each platform,with train running information provided by automated announcements and digital display screens. The ramps to the platform and the footbridge both have steps,but there is a lift available for disabled passengers. [2]
Trains operate every 15 minutes (Monday to Saturday daytime) between Ormskirk and Liverpool Central,and every 30 minutes at other times. [3]
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Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Aintree towards Ormskirk | Merseyrail Northern Line | Walton towards Liverpool Central |