Rail Stations
- Earlestown
- Station Name: Earlestown
- Borough: St. Helens
- Lines: City Line
- Location: Railway Street/Old Wargrave Road
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Station Access:
Railway Street:-
- Car parking facilities
- Controlled Puffin crossing outside station entrance
- Level access to ticket office
- 10 Cycles parking spaces
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Ticket Office:
- On Manchester-bound platform (platform 1)
- Ticket window with no shelf
- Train information in ticket office
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Platform Access:
- Level access from Railway Street past the ticket office to Platform 1 (trains to Manchester) then...
- an open wooden stepped bridge, 18 steps, rest platform, 8 steps, rest platform, 8 steps, rest platform, 19 steps to Platform 2 (trains to Liverpool) and Platform 3 (trains to Liverpool & Warrington Bank Quay), then...
- a footpath leads to Platform 4 (to Manchester) then...
- via another footbridge, up 26 steps, rest platform, 2 steps, rest platform plus a further 2 steps, rest platform and then down 25 steps onto Platform 5 (trains to Warrington Bank Quay and North Wales)
- Level access is also available onto Platfrom 5 from Old Wargrave Road then by means of the footbridge to the other platforms and ticket office (reverse of above)
- Old Wargrave Road is approximately 2 miles from the station booking office. It is a dead end road with the station staircase at the bottom
- Tactile information surfaces to both sides of platform 1
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Platform Facilities:
- Waiting areas with seating (covered on all except platform 3)
- Timetable information on platform
- Help points on platform 1,2,3,4 and 5
- Bike rack on platform 1
- Tactile information surface to platforms 1 and 2
- Seats and shelters on all platforms
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Boarding Information:
- Boarding height over 25cm between platform and carriage in both directions
- Portable ramp available
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Additional Information:
- Pelican crossing outside station enterance
- Earlestown shopping centre is 800 metres from the station
- Accessible toilet in the main market square (RADAR key required). These are available from the Town Hall (£2.50)
- Town Hall has disabled access entrance at the rear of the building with ramp and low level bell
- Public telephones are coin operated and can be found in the main market square (user-friendly)
- Market days are Monday and Friday all day. Flea market held on Saturday morning only. All three markets are busy
- A useful link through National Rail`s "About your Journey", www.nationalrail.co.uk/station_destinations/ if you want other site, tpye in the station name and then click on the "station made easy" toward the top right for each station.
- For travel information and advice please contact Traveline on 0871 200 2233
- For Rail travel please contact National Rail Enquiries on 08457 48 49 50
