Spital railway station
{{Short description|Railway station on the Chester & Ellesmere Port branches of the Wirral line in England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Spital
| symbol_location = gb
| symbol = liverpool
| image = Arriving_at_Spital_Railway_Station_(geograph_2986445).jpg
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|53.3400|-2.9941|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name = Grid reference
| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SJ338831|25|SJ338831}}
| manager = Merseyrail
| platforms = 2
| code = SPI
| zone = B1/B2
| classification = DfT category E
| transit_authority = Merseytravel
| mpassengers =
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{increase}} 0.483 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.119 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 0.297 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 0.359 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 0.394 million}}
| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
}}
Spital railway station is a railway station serving the village of Spital in Merseyside, England. The station is located on the Wirral Line operated by Merseyrail and there are frequent third rail electric train services to Liverpool, Chester and Ellesmere Port.
Facilities
The station is staffed, during all opening hours, and has platform CCTV.[http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/SPI/details.html Station Facilities for Spital] Accessed 2013-12-20 There is a payphone, a vending machine and a booking office. There are departure and arrival screens on the platforms for passenger information. Each of the two platforms has sheltered seating. The station has a car park, with 141 spaces, a cycle rack with 14 spaces, and a secure cycle locker with 30 spaces.[http://www.merseyrail.org/plan-your-journey/stations/spital.aspx Spital train station facilities, Merseyrail] Accessed 2013-12-20{{cite news |title=£400k project expands car parks for Spital station |url=http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Rail-News/400k-project-expands-car-parks-for-spital-station- |accessdate=22 February 2020 |work=www.railtechnologymagazine.com}} Access to the station booking office is straightforward. There is no easy access for passengers with wheelchairs or prams to the platforms, as this is by staircase only.[http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/SME/html/NRE_SPI/plan.html Spital Station Plan] Accessed 2013-12-20
Services
Trains run to Liverpool at a frequency of approximately every 10 minutes and a service to Chester every 15 minutes on weekdays and Saturdays until late evening when the service to each destination becomes half-hourly, as it is on Sundays. Additionally there is a half-hourly service to Ellesmere Port all day, every day.{{cite web
|url = http://www.merseyrail.org/media/201976/Wirral%20Line%20from%208%20December%202013%20to%2017%20May%202014.pdf
|title = Wirral Line timetable
|access-date = 2013-12-18
|publisher = Merseyrail
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131219020509/http://www.merseyrail.org/media/201976/Wirral%20Line%20from%208%20December%202013%20to%2017%20May%202014.pdf
|archive-date = 19 December 2013
|df = dmy-all
}} Northbound trains operate via Birkenhead Hamilton Square station in Birkenhead and the Mersey Railway Tunnel to Liverpool. Southbound trains all proceed as far as Hooton, where the lines to Chester and Ellesmere Port divide. These services are all provided by Merseyrail's fleet of Class 507 and Class 777 EMUs.
Gallery
Image:Footbridges,_Spital_Railway_Station_(geograph_2986447).jpg|Two footbridges beyond the northern end of the station.
Image:Service to Hooton, Spital Railway Station (geograph 2986452).jpg|A Class 508 arrives with a service to Hooton.
Image:Spital railway station - 2013-05-19 (3).JPG|The platform furniture.
Image:Spital railway station frontage - DSC04671.JPG|The station frontage.
References
{{Reflist}}
Further reading
- {{cite book|title=Chester to Birkenhead|first1=Vic|last1=Mitchell|first2=Keith|last2=Smith|at=figs. 52-55|publisher=Middleton Press|year=2012|isbn=9781908174215|oclc=811323335}}
External links
{{Commons category|Spital railway station}}
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{{Merseyrail info lnk|61}}
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{{Merseyside railway stations}}
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{{Railway stations served by Merseyrail}}
Category:Railway stations in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral
Category:DfT Category E stations
Category:Former Birkenhead Railway stations