Trains to St Helens Junction - Station Details and further Information on St Helens Junction Train Services
St Helens Junction train station is a train station serving the town of St Helens, Merseyside, England. It is situated in Sutton, south of St.Helens town centre. The station is on the northern route of the Liverpool to Manchester Line 12 miles east of Liverpool Lime Street (on the former Liverpool and Manchester Railway). The station, and all trains calling there, are operated by Northern Rail.
The station was named "Junction" because it is located at the junction of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with the former St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway branch to St Helens Central. This route closed to passengers in 1965 (and completely in 1988), but the name remains.
On Monday to Saturday daytimes, there are three trains per hour in each direction. Trains head west to Liverpool Lime Street and east to one of Manchester Victoria, Manchester Airport or Warrington Bank Quay, with an hourly service to each. The service to Manchester Airport calls only at Newton-le-Willows on its way to Manchester, whilst many of the Manchester Victoria trains continue to either Stalybridge or Huddersfield. The frequency drops to hourly during the evening, when most eastbound trains run to Manchester Victoria.
Sundays see an hourly service in each direction to Liverpool and to Manchester Piccadilly & Manchester Airport, but no direct service to Manchester Victoria. |
