Trains to Runcorn East - Station Details and further Information on Runcorn East Train Services
Runcorn East train station serves the eastern suburbs of Runcorn in Cheshire, England and offers trains to Warrington and Manchester and to Chester and North Wales.
Halton Transport bus services operate from the station to Runcorn Old Town via Halton Lea and to Widnes. The station is also connected via Arriva bus service to the main Runcorn train station (operated by Virgin Trains), which has train service to London, Birmingham, Crewe and Liverpool via the West Coast Main Line.
The station, which opened on 18 October 1983, is situated a short distance from the site of the former Norton station, which closed in 1952, and the nearby signal box still bears this name.
The station was formally adopted by the North Cheshire Rail Users group on 16 May 2008, under the Arriva Trains Wales Adopt a Station Initiative.
Runcorn East is served by the hourly Arriva Trains Wales service to Manchester Piccadilly via Warrington Bank Quay. In the other direction services run to Chester, with most trains continuing along the North Wales Coast Line to Llandudno. The 1 mile 125 yard long Sutton tunnel is just west of the station.
The station is currently staffed from Monday to Saturday between around 7.00am and 12.00pm.
Arriva is currently looking into the possibility of installing scrolling information screens on the platforms, with train running information. |
