West Brompton Railway Station

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West Allerton railway station serves the suburb of Allerton, Liverpool in the north west of England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern Rail.

The station opened on 2 January 1939.

There are 4 platforms, 2 of which, platforms 1 and 2, are located on the fast lines and are where most trains stop. 3 & 4 are on the slow lines and are used infrequently, mainly where faster services are booked to overtake stopping services on this stretch of line (This is most common in the Liverpool-bound direction). The platform layout consists of 3 structures:

- Platform 1 - single faced, on the Up Fast line.

- Platform 2-3 - double faced, between the Down Fast line & Up Slow lines.

- Platform 4 - single faced, on the Down Slow line.

All platforms have a basic glass and metal shelter approximately halfway along; the centre platform (2-3) is fully enclosed, whereas the outer platforms have single sided ones. Help points are provided for emergency use and for train running information.

The station building on the over bridge has a staffed booking office that is open during hours when trains are serving the station, this is operated by Northern Rail the station operator.

To the south is Allerton station which closed in 2005 to make way for Liverpool South Parkway which opened the following year.

Source: Wikipedia

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