St Michaels railway station

St Michaels
Location
Place	St Michael's Hamlet
Local authority	Liverpool
Coordinates	53°22′33″N 2°57′10″W / 53.3757°N 2.9529°W / 53.3757; -2.9529Coordinates: 53°22′33″N 2°57′10″W / 53.3757°N 2.9529°W / 53.3757; -2.9529
Grid reference	SJ367869
Operations
Station code	STM
Managed by	Merseyrail
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.289 million
2005/06	0.365 million
2006/07	0.361 million
2007/08	0.379 million
2008/09	0.562 million
2009/10	0.506 million
2010/11	0.469 million
2011/12	0.467 million
2012/13	0.388 million
2013/14	0.873 million
2014/15	0.937 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	C1
History
1864	Opened
1972	Closed
1978	Reopened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at St Michaels from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Cheshire Lines Committee
Legend
Merseyside Lines  Southport Lord Street Birkdale Palace to Southport Ainsdale Ainsdale Beach Northern Line Woodvale Freshfield to Liverpool Central Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway Barton Mossbridge Hillhouse Junction Altcar and Hillhouse Lydiate Sefton and Maghull to Ormskirk Old Roan Aintree Junction Southport Junction Aintree Central Aintree Northern Line Warbreck Orrell Park Walton to Kirkby Rice Lane to Liverpool Central Fazakerley Junctions Walton on the Hill Huskisson Clubmoor West Derby Knotty Ash & Stanley Broad Green City Line Childwall Gateacre Northern Line Liverpool Central Liverpool Central High Level St James Brunswick(original) Egerton Street Junction Brunswick St Michaels Otterspool Aigburth Cressington to Lime Street Garston Liverpool South Parkway Hunts Cross West Junction Hunts Cross to Manchester Central

St Michaels railway station is a railway station in St Michael's Hamlet, Liverpool, England, on the Northern Line of the Merseyrail suburban system. It is situated near, but not on St Michael's Road, Aigburth, a short distance to the south of the Lark Lane and Sefton Park neighbourhoods. The main station building sits at street level, over the lines which are in a cutting. Leading down to the platforms, from apertures in the station building, are ramps which were built for the International Garden Festival in 1984.

History

The station opened in 1864 as part of the Garston and Liverpool Railway line between Brunswick and Garston Dock. In 1865 the station and line were incorporated into the Cheshire Lines Committee.

The station closed in 1972 but reopened in 1978 as part of the Kirkby–Garston line of the Merseyrail system. The reopening of the station was part-funded by Marks and Spencer, because of that company's use of the "St Michael" brand; this is recognised by a plaque at the site. Services were extended from Garston to Hunts Cross in 1983, and diverted to Southport instead of Kirkby in 1984.

From 11 December 2006 the Monday-Saturday evening service was increased to run every 15 minutes, instead of half-hourly as previously.

Facilities

Ramps, which were installed for the International Garden Festival in 1984, allow access to the platforms. Steps to street level (bypassing the ticket office) have been sealed off. The station building contains the ticket office and a snack vending machine, but no automated ticket selling machine, nor ticket barriers. There is free parking directly outside for three cars and at least six bicycles,^[1] with unrestricted parking for many more cars available in the vicinity. In February 2010, a departure board was added in the main booking hall along with electronic signage on each platform. In 2013 a public toilet was built in the station and it is planned to have bicycles for hire sometime in 2013/14.

Services

Trains operate every 15 minutes, Monday-Saturday to Southport via Liverpool Central to the north, and Hunts Cross to the south. On Sundays, services are every 30 minutes in each direction.^[2]

Gallery

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  A close view of the station building.

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  A Merseyrail Class 507 waits at the station.

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  A Merseyrail Class 508 waits at the station.

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  The station frontage from the road.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to St. Michael's railway Station.

• Train times and station information for St Michaels railway station from National Rail

• Station information for St Michaels railway station from Merseyrail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Brunswick towards Southport		Merseyrail Northern Line		Aigburth towards Hunts Cross
	Historical railways
Brunswick Line open, station closed [sic]		Cheshire Lines Committee Garston and Liverpool Railway		Otterspool Line open, station closed
Saint James Line open, station closed