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General information | |||||
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Location | Hooton, Cheshire West and Chester England | ||||
Coordinates | 53°17′49″N 2°58′37″W / 53.297°N 2.977°W | ||||
Grid reference | SJ349782 | ||||
Managed by | Merseyrail | ||||
Transit authority | Merseytravel | ||||
Line(s) |
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Platforms | 4 (only 2 see regular use) | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | HOO | ||||
Fare zone | B2/G1 | ||||
Classification | DfT category E | ||||
Key dates | |||||
23 September 1840 | Opened | ||||
30 September 1985 | Electrified from Rock Ferry[1][2] | ||||
7 October 1993 | Electrified to Chester[3] | ||||
29 May 1994 | Electrified to Ellesmere Port[3][4] | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 0.813 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.103 million | ||||
2019/20 | 0.860 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.085 million | ||||
2020/21 | 0.148 million | ||||
Interchange | 31,436 | ||||
2021/22 | 0.472 million | ||||
Interchange | 70,875 | ||||
2022/23 | 0.630 million | ||||
Interchange | 98,009 | ||||
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Hooton railway station is situated in the south of the Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire, England. It lies on the Wirral Line 8 miles (13 km) north of Chester and 9+1⁄2 miles (15.3 km) south west of Liverpool Lime Street on the Merseyrail network, and is the junction of the branch from the Chester line to Ellesmere Port. It serves the villages of Hooton and Willaston.
The station is midway between Junction 5 of the M53 motorway and Willaston village. It provides a major park and ride facility for Birkenhead, Liverpool and Chester, being convenient of access from north east Wales by the A550. The station car park contains compliant blue badge parking spaces; a variable height counter and new cycle parking were provided in 2007. Network Rail has installed a DDA compliant structure to replace the original footbridge, with lifts to all platforms; it was completed at the end of January 2011, making Hooton a wholly 'disabled friendly' station. An 'M to Go' shop was opened in March 2010. Improvements to the station also include new waiting rooms on platforms and fully accessible toilet facilities.