Wavertree Technology Park railway station

Wavertree Technology Park
General information
Location	Wavertree, Liverpool England
Grid reference	SJ387902
Managed by	Northern Trains
Transit authority	Merseytravel
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	WAV
Fare zone	C1
Classification	DfT category F1
Key dates
13 August 2000	Opened
Passengers
2018/19	0.315 million
2019/20	0.338 million
2020/21	92,002
2021/22	0.221 million
2021/22	0.240 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Wavertree Technology Park railway station is in the suburbs of Liverpool, at the western end of Olive Mount cutting, on the original Liverpool-Manchester line. The station opened on 13 August 2000, at a cost of £2 million. Train services are operated by Northern Trains.

Since 5 March 2015, trains through the station have used overhead wire electric traction, as part of the electrification of George Stephenson's original Liverpool and Manchester Railway and the branch line to Wigan.

Facilities

The station has a ticket office (located on the bridge above the platforms) that is staffed throughout the hours of service, seven days per week (05:15 - midnight Monday to Saturday, 08:00 - 23:45 Sunday). Waiting shelters are provided at platform level on each side, with digital display screens, customer help points and an automated public address system to provide train running information. Both platforms have lifts from the footbridge (which has ramped access from the main entrance and car park), so are fully accessible for mobility-impaired users.

Services

There are three trains per hour in each direction Monday to Saturday, with two on Sunday. All services are operated by Northern Trains:

Eastbound

• 1tph to Manchester Airport via Manchester Piccadilly (extended to Wilmslow on Sundays)
• 2tph to Wigan North Western (on Sundays, 1tph runs on this route to Blackpool North)

In peak times, some additional services run between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Victoria. Fast services to the Airport and regular locals to Victoria both ended at the May 2018 timetable change. This timetable change was also when TransPennine Express introduced Liverpool-North East services, which run via Manchester Victoria. These pass through the station without stopping.

Westbound

• Three trains per hour to Liverpool Lime Street (two trains per hour on Sundays)

All of these call at Edge Hill on weekdays; on Sundays all run non-stop to Lime Street.

Gallery

• 
  The station during the evening.
• 
  A Northern Rail Class 156 waits at the station.
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  The view towards the Olive Mount cutting.
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  Platform information and signage.

External links

• Train times and station information for Wavertree Technology Park railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Edge Hill		Northern Trains Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Airport via Chat Moss		Broad Green
Liverpool Lime Street
Edge Hill		Northern Trains Liverpool–Wigan line		Broad Green
Liverpool Lime Street