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| Location | Little Sutton, Cheshire,Cheshire West and Chester England | ||||
| Coordinates | 53°17′07″N2°56′36″W / 53.2854°N 2.9433°W /53.2854; -2.9433 | ||||
| Grid reference | SJ372769 | ||||
| Managed by | Merseyrail | ||||
| Transit authority | Merseytravel | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | LTT | ||||
| Fare zone | G1 | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
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| 2020/21 | |||||
| 2021/22 | |||||
| 2022/23 | |||||
| 2023/24 | |||||
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Little Sutton railway station serves the village ofLittle Sutton, nearEllesmere Port,Cheshire, England. It is situated on theHooton–Helsby line and is served by theWirral Line which is part of theMerseyrail network. The station is recorded in theNational Heritage List for England as a designated Grade IIlisted building.[1] The station opened in 1863 as "Sutton" and was renamed Little Sutton in 1886. It became part of the Merseyrail network in 1994, when the branch fromHooton toEllesmere Port was electrified byBritish Rail, and through train services toLiverpool viaBirkenhead commenced.
Between the 2013/14 and 2019/20 periods, Little Sutton was the least-used station on the Merseyrail network. Since 2020/21 it is the second least-used station on the network.[2]
The station has platformCCTV.[3] Each platform has a sheltered waiting area. There are electronic departure and arrival screens, on the platform, for passenger information. There is apayphone, next to the entrance, on platform 2.[4] There is ramp access, to each platform, for passengers withwheelchairs orprams. However, cross-platform access, within the station, is by staircase only. Platform access has not been modernised to the standard of that atHooton.
Little Sutton is one of four stations on the Merseyrail network that is Unstaffed, the others beingBache,Capenhurst andOverpool. Passengers purchase tickets from the Ticket Vending Machine located on the platform. This machine can issue tickets to any destination on the rail network. Passengers failing to purchase a ticket will be liable for a Penalty Fare if they board a Merseyrail service without obtaining a valid ticket. The station became part of the Merseyrail Penalty Fares Area on 15 June 2009.
This station is served by trains bound for Liverpool Central and Ellesmere Port, with platform 1 serving Ellesmere Port bound services and platform 2 serving Liverpool bound services, and is classed by Merseyrail as part of the Ellesmere Port branch of the Wirral Line.
Services call at this station every thirty minutes or less, including Sundays.[5] These services are all provided by Merseyrail's fleet ofClass 507 andClass 777EMUs.
| Preceding station | Following station | |||
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| Overpool towardsEllesmere Port | Merseyrail Hooton–Helsby line Wirral Line Ellesmere Port Branch | Hooton towardsLiverpool Central | ||