Moreton railway station (Merseyside)

Moreton
A Merseyrail Class 507 at Moreton
General information
Location	Moreton, Wirral England
Grid reference	SJ260906
Managed by	Merseyrail
Transit authority	Merseytravel
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	MRT
Fare zone	B1
Classification	DfT category E
Key dates
1866	Opened
1938	Electrified
Passengers
2018/19	0.547 million
2019/20	0.615 million
2020/21	0.184 million
2021/22	0.406 million
2022/23	0.469 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Moreton railway station serves the town of Moreton, in Merseyside, England. The station is on the West Kirby branch of the Wirral Line, which is part of the Merseyrail network.

Moreton station opened for regular service on 2 July 1866, on the Hoylake Railway, between Hoylake and Birkenhead Docks.^[1][2] By 1898, the station had a small signal box towards the eastern end of the westbound platform, and a siding to the south of the station.^[3] West of the station, sidings for Moreton brickworks were added around 1903.^[3][4] The signal box was replaced in 1932, and moved to the north side of the tracks beyond the eastern end of the platform.^[5][6]

The platform buildings were replaced in 1938, rebuilt in an identical style to one at Hoylake.^[7][8] Through electric services to Liverpool Central commenced on 13 March 1938, when the LMS electrified the lines from Birkenhead Park to West Kirby.^[9][10] The service was provided by the then-new LMS electric multiple units. However, on Sunday mornings, the service was provided by the older Mersey Railway electric units which, up until that point, had only ever run from Liverpool to Birkenhead Park.^[11]

Cadbury had a private siding adjacent to the station after 1956, although their freight trains had ended by 1971.^[12][13] The 30-lever signal box closed on 17 September 1994, and was demolished on 13 November 1994.^[13][14]

The station has a booking office and a 34-space car park, a cycle rack for 4 cycles and secure storage for 20 cycles. The station is staffed, 15 minutes before the first train and 15 minutes after the last train, has departure and arrival screens for passenger information, and platform CCTV. Each platform has open-air seating, a waiting room and a payphone.^[15]

Current services are every 15 minutes (Monday to Saturday daytime) to West Kirby and Liverpool. At other times, trains operate every 30 minutes.^[16] These services are provided by Merseyrail's fleet of Class 507 and Class 777 EMUs.

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  The station overbridge.
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  The station platforms and waiting shelters.
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  Merseyrail Class 507 and Class 508 units pass at the station.
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  Station building, viewed from the main road.

• Gahan, John W. (1983). Steel Wheels to Deeside - The Wirral Railway past and present. Birkenhead: Countryvise. ISBN 0-907768-70-9.
• Maund, T.B. (2009). The Wirral Railway and its Predecessors. Gloucestershire: Lightmoor Press. ISBN 978-1-899-88938-9.
• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2014). Birkenhead to West Kirby. West Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 978-1908174611. OCLC 885451764.

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• Train times and station information for Moreton railway station (Merseyside) from National Rail
• Station information for Moreton railway station from Merseyrail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Meols towards West Kirby		Merseyrail Wirral Line West Kirby Branch		Leasowe towards Liverpool Central

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