Birkdale railway station
Birkdale Merseytravel | |
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Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | BDL |
Fare zone | D1 |
Classification | DfT category E |
Key dates | |
31 July 1848 | Opened as "Gilbert's Crossing" 56 chains (1.1 km) nearer Liverpool |
1851 | Replaced on present site as "Birkdale Park"[1] |
Before 1910 | Renamed "Birkdale"[2] |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 1.258 million |
2019/20 | 1.362 million |
2020/21 | 0.337 million |
2021/22 | 0.852 million |
2022/23 | 0.975 million |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Birkdale railway station serves the
History
The first Birkdale station opened on the then new, single track Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway. This station was located at " Gilbert's Crossing", over half a mile nearer Liverpool than the present station.[3] The line was subsequently developed rapidly, being doubled and completed through to Liverpool. In 1851 this station was replaced by a wholly new, two platform station called "Birkdale Park" which formed the basis of the present day station. By 1910 it had been renamed plain "Birkdale". Both the later station and the original station building at what had evolved to be mapped as "Gilbert's Crossing" can be seen on the Edwardian OS 6" map.[4] The old station building was not demolished until 1965.[5] By 2012 Gilbert's Crossing was obliterated by housing. It was just south of the junction of Dunkirk and Dover roads.
The line became part of the
The signal box adjacent to the station, built in 1905, is a Grade II listed building.[7]
Facilities
The station is staffed, during all opening hours, and has platform CCTV. There is a booking office and live departure and arrival screens, for passenger information. There is car parking for 90 cars, secure cycle storage for 24 cycles and cycle racks for a further 26 cycles. A subway links both platforms but both platforms can be accessed without steps via the level crossing.[8]
Services
Trains operate every 15 minutes throughout the day from Monday to Saturday to Southport to the north, and to Hunts Cross via Liverpool Central to the south. Sunday services are every 30 minutes in each direction.[9]
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Southport | Northern Line
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Hillside towards Hunts Cross |
References
- ^ Harrop 1985, pp. 136 & 144.
- ^ Bradshaw 1968, p. 756.
- ^ The first Birkdale station on an 1847 OS 6" map, via National Library of Scotland
- ^ Birkdale's first two stations on an OS 6" map, via National Library of Scotland
- ^ Harrop 1985, p. 145.
- ^ Awdry 1990, p. 88.
- ^ Historic England, "Birkdale Signal Box (1412052)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 28 January 2016
- ^ "Birkdale train station | timetable | ticket prices & facilities". www.merseyrail.org. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
- ^ Table 82 National Rail timetable, May 2023
Bibliography
- OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
- Bradshaw, George (1968) [1910]. Bradshaw's Railway Guide: April 1910. Newton Abbot: ISBN 0-7153-4246-0.
- Harrop, Sylvia (1985). Old Birkdale and Ainsdale: Life on the South West Lancashire coast 1600-1851. Birkdale, Southport: Birkdale and Ainsdale Historical Research Society. ISBN 0-9510905-0-X.
External links
- Train times and station information for Birkdale railway station from National Rail
- Station information for Birkdale railway station from Merseyrail