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{{Short description|Railway station in Merseyside, England}}{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}

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{{Infobox GB station

| name = Huyton

| symbol symbol_location = railgb

| image_namesymbol = rail
| image = Northern Rail Class 150, 150225, Huyton railway station (geograph 3818388).jpg

| caption = [[Northern (train operating company)|NorthernRail]] [[British Rail Class 150|Class 150]] heading to Liverpool in 2014

| managerborough = [[NorthernHuyton]], [[Metropolitan (trainBorough operatingof company)Knowsley|NorthernKnowsley]]

| localecountry = [[Huyton]]England

| boroughgrid_name = [[MetropolitanOrdnance BoroughSurvey ofNational KnowsleyGrid|KnowsleyGrid reference]]

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| pte = [[Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive|Merseytravel]]

| zonemanager = C1/A3/C2/C3[[Northern Trains]]

| platforms = 4▼

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▲| code = HUY

▲| platforms = 4

| years = 1830

▲| events = Opened

▲| years1 = 2010

▲| events1 = Renovated

▲| years2 = 2015

▲| events2 = Electrification and reopening of disused platforms

| gridref = SJ440906

| dft_category = D

}}

'''Huyton railway station''' serves [[Huyton]] in [[Merseyside]], England. The station is an interchange between the [[Liverpool-Wigan Line]] and the northern route of the [[Liverpool-Manchester Line]] which diverge soon after the station. It is one of the busier stations on the lines and close to the shopping centre and bus station.

==History==

Huyton station was opened in 1830 on the [[Liverpool and Manchester Railway]],<ref>{{Butt-Stations |page=126 }}</ref> and is one of the oldest passenger railway stations in the world. The early intermediate stations were little more than halts, usually where the railway was crossed by a road or [[Turnpike trusts|turnpike]].<ref name="Ferneyhough1980">{{cite book|last=Ferneyhough|first=Frank|title=Liverpool & Manchester Railway, 1830-1980|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lD9dAAAAIAAJ|year=1980|publisher=R. Hale|isbn=978-0-7091-8137-8LMR|page=101}}</ref> This probably accounts for variations in their names,<ref name="Holt1955">{{cite book|author=G O Holt|title=A short history of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PKwhAAAAMAAJ|edition=Second|year=1965|publisher=The Railway and Canal Historical Society|page=22}}</ref> Huyton station was probably known as ''Huyton Lane Gate'', then as ''Huyton Lane'' by 1839, and ''Huyton'' around 1852.<ref name="Holt1955" /> The oldest surviving station buildings are from the [[London and North Western Railway|LNWR]] period.<ref name=8DA>{{cite web|url=http://www.8dassociation.btck.co.uk/Stations/TheLM|title=The Liverpool and Manchester|work=The 8D Association|accessdateaccess-date=7 June 2015}}</ref>

Until the 1970s, Huyton station had four platforms, but two on the northern side of the station (Platforms 3 and 4) were closed, and the track lifted.

===2010 modernisation===

Almost £1&nbsp;million was spent modernising the station in 2010. The works include a canopy on Platform 1, a waiting shelter on Platform 2 and a disability compliant toilet was installed. Improvements included updating the subway to provide better lighting, state-of-the-art CCTV and new seating areas.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2009/12/01/revamp-for-huyton-train-station-100252-25291711/|title=Revamp for Huyton train station|date=2009-12-01|accessdateaccess-date=12 June 2013|newspaper=Liverpool Echo|first=David|last=Bartlett}}</ref>

===Liverpool to Manchester electrification===

In the Liverpool-Manchester Line electrification scheme, Platform 3 was brought back into use in time for the December 2014 timetable change.<ref name="Roby and Huyton Station Upgrade">{{cite web|url=http://moderngov.merseytravel.uk.net/documents/s4649/Report%20Template%20for%20Roby%20and%20Huyton%20stations%20expansion.pdf|title=Roby and Huyton Station Upgrade|work=Merseytravel|accessdateaccess-date=12 June 2013|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035158/http://moderngov.merseytravel.uk.net/documents/s4649/Report%20Template%20for%20Roby%20and%20Huyton%20stations%20expansion.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The station signal box, which controlled the line between Roby and Rainhill (Earlestown line)/Prescot (Wigan line), was closed and demolished in the associated resignalling scheme. The last few semaphore signals that it controlled were removed in September 2012. Electrification has been in place since March 2015.

Platform 4 was re-instated in the improvements connected with the Liverpool to Manchester and Wigan electrification in 2015.<ref name="Roby and Huyton Station Upgrade"/>

==Future==

From December 2019, the northern rail franchisee [[Arriva Rail North]] - operating under the brand 'Northern' - had published plans to run through trains from here to {{rws|Leeds}} via Manchester and {{rws|Bradford Interchange}}.<ref>[http://maps.dft.gov.uk/northern/index.html Northern Franchise Improvements - DfT]</ref> The proposals have since been postponed until at least 2020, due to stock shortages and capacity constraints in the Manchester area.

==Facilities==

Huyton is staffed and open for approximately 18 hours a day and has a [[Ticket (admission)|booking office]], a payphone and a vending machine. There is undercover seating on each platform, customer help points and live departure and arrival screens. Recent improvements include lifts to the platforms and ramped walkways<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/improvements/northern-hub/projects/huyton-roby/|title=Improving the railway at Huyton and Roby|work=Network Rail|accessdateaccess-date=7 June 2015}}</ref> from the subway, to allow step-free access to the platforms for passengers with [[wheelchair]]s or [[baby transport|prams]]. Portable ramps are available to access trains.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/HUY/details.html|title=Huyton (HUY)|work=National Rail|accessdateaccess-date=7 June 2015}}</ref> The station is close to [[Huyton bus station]] and shopping centre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.merseytravel.gov.uk/travelling-around/transport-accessibility/Documents/Huyton%20Bus%20Station.pdf|title=Huyton bus station|work=Merseytravel|accessdateaccess-date=7 June 2015|archive-date=4 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004194654/http://www.merseytravel.gov.uk/travelling-around/transport-accessibility/Documents/Huyton%20Bus%20Station.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The station has a car park, taxi rank and cycle racks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/SME/html/NRE_HUY/plan.html?rtnloc=HUY|title=Huyton Station Plan|work=National Rail|accessdateaccess-date=7 June 2015}}</ref>

==Services==

The station is on the [[Liverpool to Wigan Line]] and [[George Stephenson|Stephenson's]] [[Liverpool to Manchester Lines|Liverpool to Manchester Line]]. The junction between the lines is to the east of the station. The station has regular services of approximately 20–30 minutes, to [[Liverpool]], [[Manchester]] and [[Wigan]]. TenEight trains per hour call at the station, operated by [[Northern (train operating company)|NorthernTrains]] (TransPennine Express services between Liverpool and Newcastle/Scarborough pass through but do not stop). After electrification was finished in 2015, most services were operated by Class 319 [[Electric multiple unit|EMUs]] under the [[Northern Electrics]] sub-brand. When Liverpool to Manchester services were extended to Crewe in May 2018, [[British Rail Class 323|Class 323]] units started to be introduced on this route as well as the Liverpool to Warrington Bank Quay line. In September 2019, brand new [[British Rail Class 331|Class 331]] units commenced operation on the semi-fast Liverpool to Blackpool service.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://media.northernrailway.co.uk/news/new-trains-launched-for-blackpool-north-1|title=New trains launched for Blackpool North|website=Northern News|date=30 August 2019 |language=en-GB|access-date=2019-10-24}}</ref> Northern has confirmed that theThe Class 319 units are to be replaced in 20212023 by extra class 323s from West Midlands Trains.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.railmagazine.com/news/network/class-323-to-remain-with-northern|title=Class 323s to remain with Northern|website=www.railmagazine.com|language=en|access-date=2019-10-24}}</ref>

[[File:Northern Electrics Class 319, 319382, platform 3, Huyton railway station (geograph 4511991).jpg|thumb|right|A [[Northern Electrics (Northern Rail)|Northern Electrics]] [[British Rail Class 319|Class 319]] at the newly reopened platform 3, in 2015.]]

*12{{abbr|tph|train(s) per hour}} to [[WarringtonWigan BankNorth QuayWestern railway station|WarringtonWigan BankNorth QuayWestern]] (local)

*1tph to {{rws|CreweManchester Airport}} via {{rws|[[Manchester Airport}}Piccadilly]]▼

*2tph to [[Wigan North Western railway station|Wigan North Western]] (local)

▲*1tph to {{rws|Crewe}} via {{rws|Manchester Airport}}

*1tph to {{rws|Preston}} and {{rws|Blackpool North}} (semi-fast)

*5tph4tph to [[Liverpool Lime Street]]

A limited service to [[Manchester Victoria]] operates at peak times and in the early morning/late evening. The hourly service that formerly ran to Warrington Bank Quay was suspended at the start of the pandemic and has never been reinstated. A single early morning train to {{rws|Ellesmere Port}} operates as a [[Parliamentary train]] to maintain a minimum service over this route, with a return working in the evening.

On Sundays, there is a less frequent service - 3tph2tph to Lime Street and 1tph each to {{rws|Manchester Airport}} via [[Manchester Piccadilly railway station|Manchester Piccadilly]], Wigan North Western and {{rws|Blackpool North}} via Wigan.<ref>{{NRtimes|MayDecember 20182023|9084 & 85}}</ref>

During modernisation and resignalling work at Lime Street in summer 2017 and again in June-JulyJune–July 2018, the station is a temporary terminus for trains in the evenings and weekends, with a replacement bus shuttle service to and from central Liverpool.

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