Wallasey Village railway station
Railway station serving Wallasey, Merseyside, England
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Wallasey Village railway station serves the Wallasey Village suburb of Wallasey, in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the Wirral Line 6¼ miles (9 km) west of Liverpool Lime Street on the Merseyrail network.
| General information | |||||
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| Location | Wallasey, Wirral England | ||||
| Grid reference | SJ290923 | ||||
| Manager | Merseyrail | ||||
Transit authority | Merseytravel | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | WLV | ||||
| Fare zone | B1 | ||||
| Classification | DfT category E | ||||
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| 1907 | Opened (as Leasowe Road) | ||||
| 1938 | Electrified | ||||
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History
The station was built on the Wirral Railway's route from Birkenhead Park to New Brighton, opening in 1907[1] under the name Leasowe Road.[citation needed] Through services via the Mersey Railway Tunnel to Liverpool commenced when the line was electrified in 1938[2] by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. The station was rebuilt following extensive damage during World War II.[citation needed]
Facilities
The station is staffed, during all opening hours, and has platform CCTV.[3] There is a payphone on platform 1, a booking office, live departure and arrival screens, for passenger information, and each of the two platforms has a waiting room.[4] Being close to the centre of Wallasey Village, itself, the station does not have a free car park or a cycle rack. There is no access, to the platform, for passengers with wheelchairs or prams, as access is by staircase only.[4] In 2006, according to a Transport 2000 survey, the station was considered as a weak link, with regard to access.[5] As yet, platform access has not been modernised to the standard of that at Hooton.
