Chester General railway station
Chester 
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The front of Chester railway station
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| Location | |
| Place | Chester |
| Local authority | Borough of Cheshire West and Chester |
| Coordinates | 53°11′48″N 2°52′47″W / 53.1968°N 2.8798°WCoordinates: 53°11′48″N 2°52′47″W / 53.1968°N 2.8798°W |
| Grid reference | SJ413669 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | CTR |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Number of platforms | 7 |
| DfT category | B |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 2.957 million |
| – Interchange |
 0.818 million |
| 2012/13 |
3.011 million |
| – Interchange |
0.806 million |
| 2013/14 |
4.256 million |
| – Interchange |
0.920 million |
| 2014/15 |
4.523 million |
| – Interchange |
0.943 million |
| 2015/16 |
4.620 million |
| – Interchange |
0.963 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Merseytravel (for Merseyrail services only) |
| Zone | G1 |
| History | |
| 1848 | Opened |
| 1875 | Renamed Chester General |
| 1969 | Renamed Chester |
| 1972 | Chester General rail crash |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Chester from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Chester railway station is a railway station in Newtown in the city of Chester, England. It is currently operated by Arriva Trains Wales, with Merseyrail, Northern and Virgin Trains (West Coast) services also operating from the station. It is situated to the north-east of the city centre. From 1875 to 1969 the station was known as Chester General station, to distinguish from Chester Northgate.
Work on the £10 million regeneration of the station and surrounding areas as part of the Chester Renaissance programme was completed in 2007. The development includes a new roof, improved customer facilities and better access to the station. A small plaque commemorating Thomas Brassey, one of the world's greatest railway building contractors in the early to mid-19th century, can be seen on the wall opposite the new booking office. The station marks one end of the Baker Way, a footpath leading to Delamere railway station.
Normal scheduled departures from Chester Station are: a quarter-hourly Merseyrail electric service on the Wirral Line to Liverpool, half-hourly in the evenings and on Sundays; frequent services on the North Wales Coast Line (thereby connecting with Holyhead for ferries to Dublin); Virgin Trains (West Coast) to London Euston via Crewe and to Holyhead; Arriva Trains Wales to Manchester Airport via Warrington Bank Quay and Cardiff Central/Birmingham New Street via Wrexham General as well as North Wales Coast Line trains to Crewe, Llandudno Junction, Llandudno, Holyhead; and Northern to Manchester Piccadilly via Northwich. Northern plans to operate an hourly train to Leeds stopping at Warrington Bank Quay, Newton-le-Willows Manchester Victoria, Bradford and Leeds in the near future.
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