a charge of endangering passengers on the railway. Facilities The ticket office is staffed throughout the day, from start of service until 00:30 seven days per week. A self-service ticket machine is also provided. There are shelters on both sides of the split platform, along with digital display screens and timetable poster boards. Step-free access to the platform is available via ramp. There is a 174 space car park and secure cycle parking for 20 cycles. Services Services to Liverpool Central operate frequently, running every 15 minutes during the day (Monday-Saturday) and every 30 minutes at other times with a Saturday service operating on most Bank Holidays. The last train to Liverpool is at 23:13. Services to Wigan Wallgate and Manchester Victoria operate less frequently, usually once per hour (with one p.m peak extra). There is no evening service after 19:46 or Sunday service but a normal service operates on most Bank Holidays. Some trains continue beyond Manchester Victoria, to either and via The Calder Valley line. Headbolt Lane extension As part of the second Merseyside Local Transport Plan (covering expansion of public transport in the region from 2006 to 2011), plans were drawn up for the expansion of the electrified line beyond the existing station. Since the existing track at Kirkby station makes interchange difficult, part of the expansion involves the construction of a new station in the Northwood area of the town. This new facility, at Headbolt Lane - previously planned in the early 1970s but not built - would provide "turn-back" platforms for both diesel and electric services. Exploratory technical assessments were carried out and Merseytravel had aspirations to construct the station as part of the Liverpool City Region Long Term Rail Strategy published in 2014. In 2017 Merseytravel and Lancashire County Council announced they had committed £5 million to a study into the opening of a station at Headbolt Lane and also in Skelmersdale. The plan would cost an estimated £300 million taking a decade to deliver. Lancashire County Council agreed a plan to commission an outline business case in May 2019. Liverpool City Region Combined Authority announced in August 2019 part of a £172m funding package to build a new station at Headbolt Lane. References Gallery External links Railway stations in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley DfT Category E stations Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations Railway stations served by Merseyrail Northern franchise railway stations