Capenhurst railway station
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| General information | |
| Location | Capenhurst, Cheshire West and Chester England |
| Coordinates | 53°15′36″N 2°56′31″W / 53.260°N 2.942°W |
| Grid reference | SJ372740 |
| Managed by | Merseyrail |
| Transit authority | Merseytravel |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | CPU |
| Fare zone | G1/G2 |
| Classification | DfT category F2 |
| Passengers | |
| 2018/19 |  0.180 million |
| 2019/20 | 0.168 million |
| 2020/21 | 56,230 |
| 2021/22 |  0.141 million |
| 2022/23 | 0.171 million |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
Capenhurst railway station serves the village of Capenhurst and its substantial industrial facilities, in Cheshire, England. It also serves outer suburbs of Ellesmere Port. On the former GWR main line from London Paddington to Birkenhead Woodside it is now on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network, 5+1⁄4 miles (8.4 km) north of Chester.
Facilities[edit]
The station has platform CCTV, a 24-space car park and a cycle rack with 10 spaces as well as secure cycle storage for 20 cycles.[1] Each platform has a waiting shelter with seating. There are departure and arrival screens, on the platform, for passenger information. There is access, to each platform, for passengers with wheelchairs or prams. However, cross-platform access, within the station, is by staircase only.
Capenhurst is one of four stations on the Merseyrail network that is unstaffed, the others being Bache, Little Sutton and Overpool. Passengers must purchase tickets from the Ticket Vending Machine located on the Chester-bound platform; the machine can issue tickets to any destination on the rail network. Passengers failing to purchase a ticket will be liable for a Penalty Fare if they board a Merseyrail service without obtaining a valid ticket. This station became part of the Merseyrail Penalty Fares Area on 15 June 2009.
Services[edit]
Trains between Chester and Liverpool call at Capenhurst every 30 minutes every day (including Sunday). The quarter-hourly service on the Chester line does not benefit Capenhurst since alternate trains run through the station non-stop between Hooton and Bache in each direction.[2] These services are all provided by Merseyrail's fleet of Class 507 and Class 777 EMUs.
Gallery[edit]
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The foot and road bridges. -
The ticket machine and information boards. -
A Merseyrail Class 508 departs for Chester. -
The main entrance.
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References[edit]
- ^ Capenhurst train station facilities, Merseyrail Accessed 2017-02-08
- ^ "Wirral Line timetable" (PDF). Merseyrail. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
Further reading[edit]
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2012). Chester to Birkenhead. Middleton Press. figs. 20-26. ISBN 9781908174215. OCLC 811323335.
External links[edit]
- Train times and station information for Capenhurst railway station from National Rail
- Station information for Capenhurst railway station from Merseyrail
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bache towards Chester |
Merseyrail Wirral Line Chester Branch |
Hooton towards Liverpool Central | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Mollington Line open, station closed |
GWR & LNWR Chester and Birkenhead Railway |
Ledsham Line open, station closed | ||
