Roby (ROB)

Roby is a stop on the Liverpool-Manchester Line on Merseyside between Broad Green and Huyton
Northern 319 367 at Roby


Information
Type: National Rail (Liverpool-Manchester Line)
Station code: ROB
Opened: 1830
Platforms: 4

The station was opened by the Liverpool & Manchester Railway in 1830, and is one of the oldest railway stations in the world. It was opened as Roby Lane Gate, losing the two suffixes at a later date. The station has four platforms from early on though lost two of them (and the lines they supported) in the 1970s. The platforms and lines were reinstated when the Liverpool-Manchester Line was electrified in 2015.

The station has a staffed ticket office. Access between the platforms is via a subway. The station is managed by Northern on behalf of Merseytravel. There are usually four trains in each direction every hour between Liverpool Lime Street and Wigan North Western, Manchester Piccadilly or Manchester Airport. Some trains also go through to Blackpool North.
Subway

319 361 departs

Lifts which allow for step free access

View down the platform, main station building on the left

Modern shelter