Helsby railway station serves the village of Helsby in Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II listed building.^[1]

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Helsby
General information
Location	Helsby, Cheshire West and Chester England
Grid reference	SJ486756
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Line(s)	Chester–Warrington line Hooton–Helsby line
Platforms	4
Other information
Station code	HSB
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Original company	Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Birkenhead Railway
Post-grouping	Birkenhead Railway
Key dates
1852 (1852)	Station opened
Passengers
2018/19	93,374
2019/20	116,468
2020/21	25,184
Interchange	3,276
2021/22	73,106
Interchange	12,679
2022/23	89,258
Interchange	55,321
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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The station is on the Chester–Warrington line between Chester and Warrington Bank Quay and on the Hooton–Helsby line to Hooton.

There is a BT Payphone on Platform 1. Limited seating exists on Platform 1 and 2.^[2]

The station has won numerous Best Kept Station awards.^[3][4][5] A Customer Information System has been installed and is operational.

There is no disabled access to trains calling at this station due to the low platforms. Platforms for the Manchester and Ellesmere Port services can also only be reached by using the footbridge.^[6]

The station is operated by Transport for Wales and is unstaffed^[7] requiring passengers to purchase tickets from the ticket vending machine located on Platform 1. The nearest station with additional ticketing facilities is Chester. Penalty fares do not operate here.

From 2005 until the franchise was handed over in 2018 the Helsby station was operated by Arriva Trains Wales.

Most services at Helsby are operated by Transport for Wales, with a limited service operated by Northern Trains.

Transport for Wales generally operate an hourly service between Manchester Airport and Chester, with most services continuing to and from Llandudno via Shotton, as well as an hourly service between Liverpool Lime Street and Chester. These services combine to give an off-peak service of two trains per hour in each direction.^[8][9]

The station is also served by a limited peak hour Northern Trains service between Chester and Leeds with four trains per day to Chester and three trains per day to Leeds via Manchester Victoria. Northern Trains also operate two trains per day on weekdays and Saturdays only to and from Ellesmere Port that start and terminate at Helsby, with the exception of one afternoon service that continues to Liverpool Lime Street.^[8]

More information Preceding station, National Rail ...

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Chester		Transport for Wales Chester–Warrington line		Frodsham
		Transport for Wales Halton Curve
		Northern Trains Chester to Leeds Peak Hours only
Ince & Elton		Northern Trains Ellesmere Port to Helsby Line Monday-Saturday only		Runcorn East
	Historical railways
Dunham Hill		Birkenhead Joint Railway		Frodsham

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The North Cheshire Rail Users' Group has adopted this station and regularly ensure the station is clean and tidy. The station has won the "Best Kept Station^[10]" six times, and the plaques commending this are fixed to the signal box located on the island platforms, (2 + 3).

Helsby has several bus links operated primarily by Arriva North West and Stagecoach Merseyside.

• Route X30 operates between Chester and Warrington hourly.^[2] (Arriva NW) (Monday - Saturday)
• Route X2 operates between Runcorn and Chester via Ince & Elton, and Ellesmere Port, hourly.^[11] (Stagecoach Merseyside) (Monday - Saturday)

• Listed buildings in Helsby