Neston railway station
Neston 
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| Location | |
| Place | Neston |
| Local authority | Cheshire West and Chester |
| Grid reference | SJ292777 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | NES |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| 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 |
 46,546 |
| 2012/13 |
48,476 |
| 2013/14 |
51,886 |
| 2014/15 |
53,702 |
| 2015/16 |
 49,340 |
| History | |
| 1896 | Opened, named as Neston & Parkgate |
| 15 September 1952 | Renamed as Neston North |
| 6 May 1968 | Renamed as Neston |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Neston from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Neston railway station serves the town of Neston, Cheshire, England. This is the last station on the English part of the Borderlands Line before it reaches Wales. The station is 8¾ miles (14 km) south of Bidston.
There was once a substantial station building on the Bidston bound platform. This fell into disrepair in the late 1990s though, and was finally demolished when the station was modernised for Disability Discrimination Act compliancy in 2003.
Long standing plans to electrify the Borderlands Line have been put on hold due to the prohibitive cost of installing third rail electrification. This has led Merseytravel to look at other options for the line, including the possibility of overhead lines.
The station is unstaffed and only 'bus shelter' type structures offer passengers any protection from the elements. Bus interchange is available from the stop on Ladies Walk adjacent the Bidston bound platform. This is also from where rail replacement services leave. The station has a small car park next to the Wrexham bound platform and a larger car park on the opposite side of the line, both owned and operated by the local council.
The station is served by an hourly service on weekdays (two-hourly in the evening & on bank holidays) southbound to Wrexham Central and northbound to Bidston for connections to Liverpool via the Wirral Lines. Services are provided by Arriva Trains Wales' fleet of Class 150 diesel multiple units.
On Sundays there are six departures in each direction (frequency approximately once every 2.5 hours).
An Arriva Trains Wales Class 150 at the station.
The decorated station underpass.
The entrance to the Bidston-bound platform.
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