Station code ROB DfT category E Number of platforms 3 | Grid reference SJ432906 Managed by Northern 2011/12 0.332 million | |
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Address Liverpool L36 4HU, United Kingdom Similar Huyton railway station, Broad Green railway st, Wavertree Technology Park railw, Eccleston Park railway st, Whiston railway station | ||
Half an hour at 109 roby railway station 28 4 2015 huyton liverpool
Roby railway station serves the village of Roby, Merseyside, England. It is located 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Liverpool Lime Street on the former Liverpool and Manchester Railway, and 1⁄2 mile (800 m) west of Huyton. It is operated by Northern, as part of Merseyrail's City Line to Manchester and Wigan North Western.
Contents
- Half an hour at 109 roby railway station 28 4 2015 huyton liverpool
- Huyton roby railway station improvement pt6
- Future
- Facilities
- Services
- References
Huyton roby railway station improvement pt6
Future
Originally Roby station had four platforms, but the two platforms on the northern side of the station (Platforms 3 and 4) were closed in the 1970s, and the track was lifted. As part of the electrification of the Liverpool-Manchester Line, Platform 3 will be brought back into use in time for the December 2014 timetable change, and Platform 4 will be re-instated later. The station has received new customer information screens and a P.A system as part of this work.
Facilities
It is staffed throughout the day (as is the norm for Merseytravel-sponsored stations), with the ticket office (located in the main building on platform one) open from 05:30 until 00:10 Mondays to Saturdays and 09:45 to 17:45 on Sundays. Shelters are available on the other three platforms, along with digital information screens, timetable poster boards, automatic train announcements and customer help points. Full step-free access is offered to the platforms (to 2, 3 and 4 via lifts).
Services
During the daytime, Monday to Saturday, the station is served by 4 trains per hour in each direction. All Westbound trains run to Liverpool Lime Street.
Eastbound trains serve Huyton, then continue to Wigan North Western (2 trains per hour), Warrington Bank Quay (1 train per hour) or Manchester Victoria (1 train per hour). Services are less frequent in the evenings.
For many years, Roby was closed on Sundays. However, from December 2006, the station gained a Sunday service, with 2 trains per hour to Liverpool, 1 train per hour to Manchester and 1 train per hour to Blackpool North via Wigan.