Hough Green railway station

Hough Green
265px Hough Green railway station
Location
Place	Hough Green
Local authority	Halton
Coordinates
Grid reference	SJ485864
Operations
Station code	HGN
Managed by	Northern Rail
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	0.140 million
2005/06	0.145 million
2006/07	0.144 million
2007/08	0.152 million
2008/09	0.160 million
2009/10	0.147 million
2010/11	0.165 million
2011/12	0.187 million
2012/13	0.178 million
2013/14	0.276 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	A2
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hough Green from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Hough Green railway station is a railway station to the west of Widnes in Halton, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade listed building. The station is on the Liverpool-Warrington-Manchester Line 10 miles 42 chains (16.9 km) east of Liverpool Lime Street and all trains serving it are operated by Northern Rail.

History

The station was formerly a junction for a loop line via Widnes Central, closed in 1964.

Facilities

The station is of the standard Cheshire Lines Committee style and, like other Merseyside stations, is staffed full-time. There is a car park outside. Part of the station building is occupied by a Taxi firm.

The Eastbound platform features the original brick-built waiting room which is still in use.

Services

Services operate approximately half-hourly (Monday-Saturday daytimes) in each direction, towards Halewood and Liverpool Lime Street to the west and towards Widnes and Manchester Oxford Road in the east. Services are less frequent in the late evenings and on Sundays, usually every 60 minutes. Most services are operated by Northern Rail, but one train per day to Liverpool Lime Street is operated by East Midlands Trains.

Although the station is outside the metropolitan county of Merseyside, tickets issued by Merseytravel (which usually can only be used within Merseyside) are valid for travel to and from Hough Green.

Gallery

• First TransPennine Class 185, 185105, Hough Green railway station (geograph 3819584).jpg

  A First TransPennine Class 185 runs through the station.

• Bridge and stone, Hough Green railway station (geograph 3819562).jpg

  The station bridge and a commemorative stone dated 1872.

• Northern Rail Class 156, 156483, Hough Green railway station (geograph 3819589).jpg

  A Northern Rail Class 156 waits at the station.

• Hough Green railway station (2).JPG

  The station building, seen from the car park.

See also

• Listed buildings in Widnes

External links

• Train times and station information for Hough Green railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Halewood		Northern Rail Manchester to Liverpool Line		Widnes
Hunts Cross		East Midlands Trains Nottingham-Liverpool (1 service, in this direction only)		Widnes
	Disused railways
Halewood Line and station open		Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies' Committee Widnes Loop		Widnes Central Line and station closed