page_title: Stanlow and Thornton railway station
section_title: Facilities
hierarchical_section_title: Stanlow and Thornton railway station / Facilities
caption_attribution_description: English: The steps leading up/down to/from the station entrance/footbridge
context_page_description: Stanlow and Thornton railway station is located within the Stanlow Refinery in Cheshire, England. It lies on the Ellesmere Port to Warrington Line with services operated by Northern Trains. The station is surrounded by the refinery site, so as a result most station users are refinery employees. It is currently the least used railway station in Cheshire and Great Britain, tied with Denton in Greater Manchester.
context_section_description: At this station there are covered shelters, with three metal seats on either platform. There is a payphone located on the Helsby platform.
  A gently rising footpath leads from the road to a flight of 48 steps with 2 rest landings and a handrail onto a footbridge. From the footbridge to the left, the first flight of 30 steps with rest landing and handrail leads to the Helsby platform, and the second flight of 30 steps with rest landing and handrail leads to the Ellesmere Port platform. The station is definitely not accessible for people with mobility problems.
  The booking office is still extant at the Ellesmere Port platform, but has been closed for some time. It now houses the electrics for the station and is boarded up.
  Although not controlled by Northern Trains, the station does have CCTV monitored by the security services at the Essar oil refinery.
  There is limited car parking at the entrance of the station.
  The station is unstaffed with no ticket office so passengers buy tickets from a conductor on board the train.
caption: The steps lead down to the refinery site
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