Bache railway station
railway station in Bache, Cheshire West and Chester, England, UK
Bache railway station (, baytch) serves the suburbs of Bache and Upton-by-Chester in the north of the city of Chester, England. It is the first station for Merseyrail services leaving Chester on the Wirral Line. Passengers can alight here for the Countess of Chester Hospital which is close by, and regular bus services to Chester Zoo.
History
The station opened in January 1984 by British Rail in conjunction with a new supermarket being developed by Safeway (now Morrisons) on the site of a former railway coalyard. It replaced the nearby Upton-by-Chester railway station, which was sited 2,300 feet (700 m) to the north next to Liverpool Road. The relocation of the station produced an immediate and dramatic uplift in the number of passengers using it.
The modern station has two small covered waiting areas, information boards, CCTV and a footbridge. The platforms are made out of concrete slabs that are laid on brick foundations. A remotely operated public address system was installed in January 2012 together with automatic train departure indicators.
Facilities
The station has platform CCTV, a 61-space car park, a cycle rack with 8 spaces and secure cycle storage for 20 bikes.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Bache railway station” as railway station in Bache, Cheshire West and Chester, England, UK. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q139580. Authority coordinates are 53.208, -2.891. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1984 and 2012.
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