Edge Hill railway station
Edge Hill 
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| Location | |
| Place | Edge Hill |
| Local authority | Liverpool |
| Grid reference | SJ371899 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | EDG |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.142 million |
| – Interchange |
 12,457 |
| 2012/13 |
0.143 million |
| – Interchange |
13,199 |
| 2013/14 |
0.164 million |
| – Interchange |
12,537 |
| 2014/15 |
0.158 million |
| – Interchange |
11,764 |
| 2015/16 |
0.171 million |
| – Interchange |
13,100 |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Merseytravel |
| Zone | C1 |
| History | |
| 1836 | 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 Edge Hill from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Edge Hill railway station serves the district of Edge Hill in Liverpool, England.
There have been two stations of that name. The first stood a short distance south-west of the present station and its remains are still visible, although the site is not open to the public.
Edge Hill is the first station after departure from Liverpool Lime Street. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern.
East Midlands Trains, London Midland, First TransPennine Express and Virgin Trains services pass through the station, but do not stop.
The first station opened on 15 September 1830 as part of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. It was located in a deep sandstone cutting, with three tunnels at the west end. The largest bore, in the centre, was the 2,250 yd (2,060 m) Wapping Tunnel, a long incline leading to Wapping Dock and the world's first tunnel to be bored under a metropolis. The goods wagons descended by gravity, but were hauled up by a winding engine. When first opened, it was whitewashed, lit by gas, and used as a promenade by visitors.
The tunnel to the north of the central bore was much shorter and inclined upwards, leading to the passenger terminal at Crown Street. Here the trains descended by gravity to Edge Hill station and were wound up into Crown Street. The southern tunnel was originally a short length leading nowhere and used as a storage shed: its chief purpose was to create a symmetrical appearance. It was later extended so that it could enter the goods yard created after the abandonment of the Crown Street station.
At the opposite end of the station area were the boilers of a stationary steam engine. These were used for the rope-winding mechanism. Each formed the base of a fine Moorish Arch. The smoke was channelled down rock cut flues to tall chimneys – known as the 'Pillars of Hercules' – on either side of the tunnel facing.
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