Roby railway station

Roby
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Location
Place	Roby
Local authority	Knowsley
Grid reference	SJ432906
Operations
Station code	ROB
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	3
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	0.327 million
2011/12	0.332 million
2012/13	0.314 million
2013/14	0.260 million
2014/15	0.261 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	C1
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Roby from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Roby railway station serves the village of Roby, Merseyside, England.

Future

Originally Roby station had four platforms, but the two platforms on the northern side of the station (Platforms 3 and 4) were closed in the 1970s, and the track was lifted. As part of the electrification of the Liverpool-Manchester Line, Platform 3 will be brought back into use in time for the December 2014 timetable change, and Platform 4 will be re-instated later.

Services

During the daytime, Monday to Saturday, the station is served by 4 trains per hour in each direction. All Westbound trains run to Liverpool Lime Street.

Eastbound trains serve Huyton, then continue to Wigan North Western (2 trains per hour), Warrington Bank Quay (1 train per hour) or Manchester Victoria (1 train per hour). Services are less frequent in the evenings.

For many years, Roby was closed on Sundays. However, from 10 December 2006, the station gained a Sunday service, with 2 trains per hour to Liverpool, 1 train per hour to Manchester and 1 train per hour to Blackpool North via Wigan.

Gallery

• 142036 departs Roby.JPG

  A Northern Rail Class 142 departs towards Liverpool. Engineering work for the reinstatment of platforms is visible.

• Booking office, Roby railway station (geograph 3795695).jpg

  The station booking office, from the platform.

• Ticket office, Roby railway station.jpg

  The station booking office, from the street.

• End of platform, Roby railway station (geograph 3795703).jpg

  The engineering work for the reinstatement of track between Roby and Huyton.

External links

• Train times and station information for Roby railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Broad Green		Northern Electrics Liverpool-Manchester Line		Huyton
Broad Green		Northern Electrics Liverpool-Wigan Line		Huyton