Meols railway station

Not to be confused with Meols Cop railway station.

Meols
x265px Meols station sign outside entrance
Location
Place	Meols
Local authority	Wirral
Grid reference	SJ233897
Operations
Station code	MEO
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	0.197 million
2005/06	0.197 million
2006/07	0.210 million
2007/08	0.208 million
2008/09	0.619 million
2009/10	0.591 million
2010/11	0.620 million
2011/12	0.618 million
2012/13	0.587 million
2013/14	0.396 million
2014/15	0.408 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	B2
History
1866 1938	Opened Rebuilt/Electrified
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Meols from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Meols railway station is situated in Meols, Wirral, England. It lies on the West Kirby branch of the Wirral Line, part of the Merseyrail network.

History

File:Meols station shelter.jpg

Meols station's art deco passenger shelter

Meols was one of the original stations on the Hoylake Railway, opening in 1866. The Hoylake Railway became part of the Wirral Railway in 1883, which subsequently became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923. Through services to Liverpool began in 1938, when the line was electrified. The station was rebuilt to coincide with this.

In 1934 the signal box was closed and semaphore Intermediate Block Signals, controlled from Moreton and Hoylake boxes, were introduced, the only such signals on the Liverpool to West Kirby line. They broke the otherwise long distance between Moreton and Hoylake, the two signal boxes on either side. These semaphore signals remained until 1994 when the line was resignalled with colour-light signals. The station had recently completed a refurbishment with work involving new glazing to the footbridge windows and staircase, redevelopment of existing buildings to provide enclosed passenger waiting shelters, a new passenger toilet and automatic entrance doors to the booking hall.

Facilities

The station is staffed, during all opening hours, and has platform CCTV. Each of the two platforms has a waiting room. There is a payphone, vending machine, booking office and live departure and arrival screens, for passenger information. The station has a free car park, with 62 spaces, as well as a 12-space cycle rack. There is step-free access available only for the Liverpool-bound platform, for wheelchairs and prams.

In December 2014, it was announced that a lift would be installed at Meols station allowing access to both platforms. The lift is expected to be installed in 2016.

Services

Current services are every 15 minutes (Monday to Saturday daytime) to West Kirby and Liverpool. At other times, trains operate every 30 minutes. These services are provided by Merseyrail's fleet of Class 507 and Class 508 EMUs.

Gallery

• 508122 arrives at Meols.JPG

  A Merseyrail Class 508 arrives at Meols.

• Meols railway station frontage.JPG

  The station frontage.

• Meols station.jpg

  A side-on view of the station, from the main road.

• Meols Railway Station - geograph.org.uk - 1411303.jpg

  A view of the two platforms.

External links

• Train times and station information for Meols railway station from National Rail

• Station information for Meols railway station from Merseyrail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Manor Road towards West Kirby		Merseyrail Wirral Line		Moreton towards Liverpool Central