Fazakerley railway station
Fazakerley 
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Fazakerley railway station in 2012
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| Location | |
| Place | Fazakerley |
| Local authority | Liverpool |
| Coordinates | 53°28′08″N 2°56′12″W / 53.4690°N 2.9368°WCoordinates: 53°28′08″N 2°56′12″W / 53.4690°N 2.9368°W |
| Grid reference | SJ379974 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | FAZ |
| Managed by | Merseyrail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| 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 |
 0.861 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.790 million |
| 2013/14 |
 1.062 million |
| 2014/15 |
1.088 million |
| 2015/16 |
 1.088 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Merseytravel |
| Zone | C1 |
| History | |
| Original company | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| 20 November 1848 | Station opens as Simonswood |
| by 1850 | Renamed Aintree |
| March 1860 | Renamed Fazakerley |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Fazakerley from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Fazakerley railway station is a railway station in Fazakerley, Liverpool, England. It is situated on the Kirkby branch of the Northern Line of the Merseyrail network.
The Liverpool and Bury Railway (L&BR) was authorised in 1845, but while it was under construction, the L&BR amalgamated with the Manchester and Leeds Railway (M&LR) in 1846, and the M&LR in turn was renamed the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1847. The line opened on 20 November 1848; one of the original stations was Simonswood. This station was renamed twice: it had become Aintree by 1850, and in March 1860 it took its present name Fazakerley to avoid confusion with the nearby Aintree station on a different line, which had opened in 1849.
At the time of opening, the mileage of the station was 29 1⁄2 miles (47.5 km) from Bury. but this has since been amended to 31 miles 31 chains (50.5 km) from Manchester Victoria via Wigan.
To the north-east of the station is Fazakerley Junction, 30 miles 72 chains (49.7 km) from Manchester Victoria, which is where the North Mersey Branch once headed westwards towards Gladstone Dock. 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. 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.
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