[a][3][4] Farnworth being at the time a village over 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Widnes, but has since been absorbed to become a northern suburb of the town.

The main station building is of the "common twin-pavilion type adopted by the CLC" with a larger, two-storey, projecting pavilion forming a house and a smaller single-storey one.

Linking them is an entrance hall, ticket office and three-bay iron-arcaded waiting shelter.

"[17] However, rather than actually being 'homeward bound' (Simon temporarily lived in London at the time), he was on tour and had just performed at local DJ Geoff Speed's Howff Folk Club and was reportedly dropped off at Widnes station by him.

[21] There is an hourly local service (operated by Northern Trains) in each direction calling here, running eastbound to Warrington Central and west to Liverpool Lime Street.

A small number of peak and late evening trains between Liverpool and Manchester Oxford Road also stop here.

An express service also operates hourly in each direction (run by East Midlands Railway), from Liverpool to Manchester Piccadilly, Sheffield, Nottingham and Norwich.