Bache railway station

Another relatively new one (1984)! Bache is one of the four unstaffed stations on Merseyrail, the others being Capenhurst, Overpool and Little Sutton. I have wondered whether this is because they are all technically outside Merseytravel's area? But really I have no idea. 

An interesting thing to note, that sadly I could not get a picture of, is that just before the train gets to Bache when going towards Chester you can see the disused platforms of Upton-by-Chester station, which was replaced by Bache.

This green station sign perplexed me. Was it intentionally green? Seems unlikely, but none of the others have become green, and I don't see how a grey sticker would age to become green. 

Another sign-related curiosity is that Bache doesn't seem to have a cube sign. We searched quite intensively for it and could not see any sign (ha ha) of it! However, we did see a foliage-covered sign signifying the entrance to the station, which is not much use since it is barely visible. There was what must be a sign dating from at least close to when the station was built, showing that people must walk to the other side of the station for trains to Chester.

One of the entrances we found while searching for the elusive cube sign led to a suspicious Morrison's tunnel (the Morrison's was built at the same time as the station I believe). The tunnel was actually fine, it was just a bit strange.

The Customer Information Screens are also smaller than usual, which is odd and probably something only sad people like me would notice. This is similar to the ones at Green Lane, and another station I think which I have sadly forgotten (please forgive me!). 

It seems that in a bizarre attempt to beautify the station, Merseyrail have put stock images on the fences of each platform? I'm not sure what the purpose of this is, and maybe they aren't stock images? I have no idea really.

Last but not least, here is a view of the station from the footbridge. The all-important Morrison's can be seen to the left of the image, looking very depressing. 

I would recommend a visit to Bache if you want to be bored and leave immediately!