Fazakerley
Fazakerley railway station in 2023
General information
Location	Fazakerley, Liverpool England
Coordinates	53°28′08″N 2°56′12″W / 53.4690°N 2.9368°W / 53.4690; -2.9368
Grid reference	SJ379974
Managed by	Merseyrail
Transit authority	Merseytravel
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	FAZ
Fare zone	C1
Classification	DfT category E
History
Original company	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
20 November 1848	Station opens as Simonswood
by 1850	Renamed Aintree
March 1860	Renamed Fazakerley
Passengers
2018/19	1.250 million
2019/20	1.465 million
2020/21	0.414 million
2021/22	0.920 million
2022/23	0.899 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

v t e Railway stations around Aintree
Legend
Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway Northern line to Ormskirk Sefton and Maghull Old Roan Aintree Central Aintree (Sefton Arms) Northern line to Kirkby Ford Aintree Racecourse North Mersey Branch to Bootle Fazakerley Northern line to Liverpool Orrell Park Warbreck Northern line to Liverpool North Liverpool Extension Line

Fazakerley railway station is a railway station in Fazakerley, Liverpool, England. It is situated on the Headbolt Lane branch of the Northern Line of the Merseyrail network.

History

The Liverpool and Bury Railway (L&BR) was authorised in 1845,^[1] but while it was under construction, the L&BR amalgamated with the Manchester and Leeds Railway (M&LR) in 1846,^[2] and the M&LR in turn was renamed the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1847.^[3] The line opened on 20 November 1848;^[4] one of the original stations was Simonswood.^[5][6] This station was renamed twice: it had become Aintree by 1850,^[7] and in March 1860 it took its present name Fazakerley^[8] to avoid confusion with the nearby Aintree station on a different line,^[6] which had opened in 1849.^[9]

At the time of opening, the mileage of the station was 29+1⁄2 miles (47.5 km) from Bury,^[6] but this has since been amended to 31 miles 31 chains (50.5 km) from Manchester Victoria via Wigan.^[10]

To the north-east of the station is Fazakerley Junction, 30 miles 72 chains (49.7 km) from Manchester Victoria,^[10] which is where the North Mersey Branch once headed westwards towards Gladstone Dock.^[11] The branch has closed, but the junction remains as the point where the double track out of Liverpool becomes single track for the last few miles into Kirkby.^[10] The line eastwards was singled in May 1970, though through running beyond Kirkby (to Wigan Wallgate and Bolton) continued until the inauguration of electric operation in May 1977.^[12]

Facilities

In common with most Merseyrail stations, it is staffed throughout the day - the street-level ticket office opens 15 minutes prior to start of service and closes at 00:25 each evening (including Sundays). At platform level, there are digital display screens, timetable posters and shelters on each side; a P.A system also provides automated train running information. The ticket office is linked to the platforms via a footbridge - this has a lift installed on each side to provide step-free access. There are cycle racks for 4 cycles and secure cycle storage for 20 cycles.^[13]

Services

The station is currently served by Three trains per hour in each direction in the day time, Monday - Saturday. In Late evenings and Sundays services are reduced to Two trains per hour in each direction. Services are operated using Class 777 EMUs.^[14][15]

In the future, the service will be increased to up to four trains per hour in each direction as more battery operated Class 777 trains become available.^[16]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Kirkby towards Headbolt Lane		Merseyrail Northern Line		Rice Lane towards Liverpool Central