Bache railway station
Bache 
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| Location | |
| Place | Bache |
| Local authority | Cheshire West and Chester |
| Grid reference | SJ405683 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BAC |
| Managed by | Merseyrail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.192 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.187 million |
| 2013/14 |
 0.321 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.368 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.366 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Merseytravel |
| Zone | G2 |
| History | |
| Original company | British Rail |
| 9 January 1984 | Opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bache from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Bache railway station serves the Bache area of Upton in the north of the city of Chester, England. It is the first station for Merseyrail services leaving Chester on the Wirral Line. Passengers can alight here for the Countess of Chester Hospital which is close by, and regular bus services to Chester Zoo.
It opened in January 1984 by British Rail in conjunction with a new supermarket being developed by Safeway (now Morrisons) on the site of the former railway coalyard. The modern station has two small covered waiting areas, information boards, CCTV and a footbridge. The platforms are made out of concrete slabs that are laid on brick piles. A remotely operated public address system was installed in January 2012 together with automatic train departure indicators.
This station superseded Upton-by-Chester railway station which was sited 2,300 feet (700 m) to the north next to Liverpool Road roadbridge. The original station had two side platforms, a footbridge and a part-time manned ticket office. Today only the overgrown platforms remain: these can still be seen from trains travelling to and from Liverpool. The relocation of the station produced an immediate and dramatic uplift in the number of passengers using it.
The station has platform CCTV, a 61-space car park and a cycle rack with 20 spaces and secure cycle storage for 20 bikes. Each platform has a waiting shelter with seating. There are departure and arrival screens, on the platform, for passenger information. There is a payphone, next to the entrance, on platform 1. There is ramp access, to each platform, for passengers with wheelchairs or prams. However, cross-platform access, within the station, is by staircase only. Platform access has not been modernised to the standard of that at Hooton.
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