Winsford railway station serves the town of Winsford in Cheshire, England.
It is a staffed station which has an hourly service throughout the day with a few exceptions.
It is managed by London Midland, who provide services between Birmingham New Street and Liverpool Lime Street.
There have been two serious rail collisions near Winsford; the first in 1948 killed 24, the second in 1962 killed 18.
Winsford station was upgraded in winter 2010 which included state of the art help points and electronic arrival/departure boards as well as a departure monitor in the main building.
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