Capenhurst railway station

Capenhurst
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Location
Place	Capenhurst
Local authority	Cheshire West and Chester
Coordinates
Grid reference	SJ372740
Operations
Station code	CPU
Managed by	Merseyrail
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	57,794
2005/06	53,069
2006/07	44,215
2007/08	59,933
2008/09	75,266
2009/10	0.122 million
2010/11	0.132 million
2011/12	0.113 million
2012/13	0.108 million
2013/14	0.190 million
2014/15	0.210 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	G1/G2
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Capenhurst from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Capenhurst railway station serves the village of Capenhurst and its substantial industrial facilities, in Cheshire, England. On the former GWR main line from London Paddington to Birkenhead Woodside it is now on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network, 5¼ miles (8 km) north of Chester. It is unstaffed, has a modest car park and passenger facilities which include automatic departure indicators and a remotely operated PA system . Both platforms offer level access, although to avoid the footbridge it is necessary to use the road bridge.

Facilities

The station is unstaffed but has platform CCTV, a 25-space car park and a cycle rack with 20 spaces. Each platform has a waiting shelter with seating. There are departure and arrival screens, on the platform, for passenger information. There is a payphone, next to the entrance, on platform 1. There is access, to each platform, for passengers with wheelchairs or prams. However, cross-platform access, within the station, is by staircase only. Platform access has not been modernised to the standard of that at Hooton.

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

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. These services are all provided by Merseyrail's fleet of Class 507 and Class 508 EMUs.

Gallery

• Bridges, Capenhurst Railway Station (geograph 2986981).jpg

  The foot and road bridges.

• Capenhurst railway station, ticket machine & information boards - DSC06404.JPG

  The ticket machine and information boards.

• Departing to Chester, Capenhurst Railway Station (geograph 2986991).jpg

  A Merseyrail Class 508 departs for Chester.

• Capenhurst railway station (2).JPG

  The main entrance.

External links

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

• Station information for Capenhurst railway station from Merseyrail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Bache		Merseyrail Wirral Line		Hooton towards Liverpool Central
	Historical railways
Mollington Line open, station closed		GWR & LNWR Chester and Birkenhead Railway		Ledsham Line open, station closed