This will be a slightly different post! Me (Athena) and Super Autism Blog special correspondent Ray went on a train and bus journey to Ince and Elton, and so part of this post will be detailing that journey! First, some context. Ince and Elton is on the Hooton to Helsby line, and when the line was electrified to Ellesmere Port in 1994, Ince and Elton was not included. This left a short line from Ellesmere Port to Helsby, which was very uneconomical to run and so was cut to two services a day in each direction. This is why Ray and I took the bus there from Ellesmere Port, as the trains are only at around 6 in the morning and 6 in the evening - not very convenient!
We started our journey by meeting in Hamilton Square on the Chester and Ellesmere Port-bound platform. I was worried Ray had got lost in between the two platforms, but this turned out not to be the case. I asked them to provide some comments on the stations we passed through, and some of them were even funny!
"Ince and Elton. There is no Elton John there!" - while passing through Rock Ferry.
"I have nothing to say about Port Sunlight. It's all old people." - while passing through Port Sunlight.
"I'm getting spat on in Spital." - at Spital.
"I'm rakin' the Bromborough." - at Bromborough Rake.
"I get angry when I think about 4K footage." - at Eastham Rake, and while there we also talked a lot about an upcoming Among Us TV show.
"Should get bigger." - at Little Sutton.
"When water is too cold I get scared to drink it." - at Ellesmere Port.
While the train was stopped at Overpool, we noticed that, similar to Aughton Park and some other stations, including Ellesmere Port itself, the running-in boards did not have the Merseyrail "M" logo. This perplexed us slightly, but could be something to do with it not being in the Merseytravel area?? Unsure.
Once we arrived, we walked to the Ellesmere Port bus interchange, where we waited for the number 2 bus towards Runcorn. We got off at Elton, and walked about 5 minutes to the station.
While at Ince and Elton, I noticed something vaguely interesting about the signs - again, likely only interesting to me! For some reason, the signs have somewhat recently been replaced to be more plain ones written in Rail Alphabet. These new signs seem to have been placed directly over the old Northern ones, and the edges of the old signs can still be seen, as in the picture below.
We also thought it would be funny to conduct a brief interview with Ray once at the station, which I will reproduce for you here:
Q: How are you finding Ince & Elton station?
A: It's very busy, there are many people around.
Q: That's true and confirmed by the Super Autism Blog fact checker. Could you describe the station for our loyal readers?
A: Hi Ray, the loyal reader. It's very crowded, so many people, so overwhelming.
Q: Could you also give a real description?
A: It's very quiet, it's very peaceful, there's lots of trees. There's a lot of litter, there's mushrooms which is cool, and the shelters are a bit shit. 130 people came here last year!
Q: What do you think of the crossing?
A: I like the crossing, I like that I could probably stand there for hours and not get hit by a train. (This is a bad idea and is not endorsed by the Super Autism Blog.)
Once we had spent about an hour at the station, we decided to return to the bus stop and make our way back! I hope you have been informed about Ince and Elton station.
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