Runcorn East railway station
Runcorn East 
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| Location | |
| Place | Runcorn |
| Local authority | Halton |
| Grid reference | SJ557814 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | RUE |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.153 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.155 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.164 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.187 million |
| 2015/16 |
 0.184 million |
| – Interchange | 1 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 3 October 1983 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Runcorn East from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Runcorn East railway station serves the eastern suburbs of Runcorn in Cheshire, England, and offers trains to Warrington and Manchester and to Chester and North Wales.
The station, which opened by British Rail on 3 October 1983, is situated a short distance from the site of the former Norton station (closed by the British Transport Commission in 1952) and the nearby signal box still bears this name.
The station was formally adopted by the North Cheshire Rail Users group on 16 May 2008, under the Arriva Trains Wales Adopt a Station Initiative.
Arriva began looking into the possibility of installing scrolling information screens on the platforms, with train running information in 2008. An initial site survey was carried out on 30 May 2008 with a follow up on 20 September 2008. A third site survey was carried out in January 2010; this also included a PA system being installed, looking at improving CCTV coverage over the station and improvements for disabled access to the station. On 17 January 2011 site work started on the installation of information screens on both platforms - these are now completed and operational (as of May 2011).
The station has a staffed ticket office - this is manned six days per week (not Sundays) from the start of the morning peak until early afternoon. At other times tickets can be purchased from a self-service ticket machine (card payments only) near the main entrance, or on the train. Waiting shelters and bench seating is provided at platform level. Step-free access to both platforms is via ramps from the footbridge that links the ticket office and car park.
Runcorn East is served by the hourly Arriva Trains Wales service to Manchester Piccadilly via Warrington Bank Quay. Arriva Trains Wales are running some daytime & evening peak trains to Manchester Airport under the May - December 2016 timetable. The company hopes that in the near future that all Manchester bound services will terminate there.
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