Lea Green railway station
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{{Infobox UK station
|name = Lea Green
|image = [[Image:Lea Green Station.jpg|280px]]
|manager = [[Northern Rail]]
|locale = [[Marshalls Cross, Merseyside|Marshalls Cross]]
|borough = [[Metropolitan Borough of St Helens|St Helens]]
|pte = [[Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive|Merseytravel]]
|zone = A1
|lowusage0405 = 147,160
|lowusage0506 = 163,617
|lowusage0607 = 181,523
|code = LEG
|platforms = 2
|years = [[2000]]
|events = Opened
}}
'''Lea Green railway station''' is a [[railway station]] in [[St Helens, Merseyside|St Helens]], [[Merseyside]], [[England]], around three miles from the town centre near to the suburb of [[Clock Face, Merseyside|Clock Face]]. It is situated on the northern route of the [[Liverpool to Manchester Line]] (the former [[Liverpool and Manchester Railway]]). It is operated by [[Northern Rail]].
The station, which opened in [[2000]], has a [[Park and Ride]] car park and a modern CCTV security system linked to a small booking office. A previous Lea Green station, which had closed decades earlier, was located a few hundred metres along the track. In fact, the present station's location would more accurately be described as [[Marshall's Cross]].
==Services==
Northern Rail operate regular trains (every 30 minutes Monday-Saturday daytime) to [[Liverpool Lime Street railway station|Liverpool Lime Street]]. In the other direction, these trains run to [[Earlestown railway station|Earlestown]], from where one train per hour continues to [[Manchester Victoria railway station|Manchester Victoria]] and the other to [[Warrington Bank Quay railway station|Warrington Bank Quay]].
==External links==
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{{Merseyside railway stations}}
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[[Category:Railway stations in St Helens]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 2000]]
[[Category:Railway stations served by Northern Rail]]