Northern announces timescale for Lea Green station facilities launch

Northern Rail has given an update after the Star asked for an update on the long-anticipated renovation. 

The station has undergone a £15m transformation but the project has been met by delays which have put the opening date back.

The project, which had initially aimed for a completion date during the summer of last year, was stalled due to bad weather hindering groundworks. 

A key part of the station upgrade has involved the previously oversubscribed car park being replaced with a modern decked car park.

The outside of the multi-story car park (Image: St Helens Star)

This is set to increase park and ride capacity to around 450 vehicles, enabling it to become a key commuter station for people who work in neighbouring cities.

Significant upgrades include a new station building at Lea Green with waiting room, toilets and other customer facilities.

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Northern said they are aiming to open the facilities this December.

Lea Green station has undergone a transformation (Image: St Helens Star (June 2024))

What Northern has said

A Northern spokesperson said: “We are due to complete work on the redevelopment of Lea Green Station, to provide customers with a new multi-storey car park and a new station building containing a ticket office, waiting room and toilets.

“We are aiming to open these new facilities in December, once the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has assessed our application for authorisation.

“We understand that this project has taken longer than hoped and we are sorry for any inconvenience caused.

“We are confident it will deliver significant improvements for customers who use this station, following years of hard work and millions of pounds of investment provided by Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.”

The station has remained open to customers while the works take place.