Birkdale railway station

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Birkdale
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General information
Location Birkdale, Sefton
England
Coordinates 53°38′02″N3°00′52″W / 53.6340°N 3.0145°W / 53.6340; -3.0145
Grid reference SD330157
Managed by Merseyrail
Transit authority Merseytravel
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBDL
Fare zoneD1
Classification DfT category E
History
Original company Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway
Pre-grouping Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
31 July 1848 (1848-07-31)Opened as Gilbert's Crossing
By December 1848Relocated
1852Replaced on present site
1854Renamed Birkdale Park
1865Renamed Birkdale
28 November 1966Closed for goods
Passengers
2018/19Increase2.svg 1.258 million
Southport   Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway 		  Ainsdale
towards Liverpool Exchange

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References

Notes

  1. ↑ Little is known of these early stations, they are not mentioned in any of the newspaper announcements on the opening of the line, nor in the early timetables, see for example Bradshaw (1850). [2] The timetable shown in a local newspaper in 1850 shows the station, named "Birkdale" but with no trains stopping there. It may be that the company were referring to Birkdale station at Gilbert's Crossing. [3]
  2. ↑ Foster (1995) states the station moved in 1851. [6] Quick (2023) notes that the LC&SR issued orders on 3 August 1852 to open ‘forthwith’ the new station at Birkdale. [1] There was also a March 1852 newspaper item saying the new Birkdale station is nearly completed. [7]
  3. ↑ The railway appears to be place where Weld Road becomes Liverpool Road
  4. ↑ Up trains usually headed towards the major conurbation, usually London, some railway companies ran 'up' to their headquarters location. In this case 'up' was towards Liverpool. [8]
  5. ↑ Harrop has the demolition date as 1966. [15]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Quick 2023, p. 82.
  2. ↑ Bradshaw 2012, p. 46.
  3. ↑ "Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway Notice: Alteration of Trains" . Liverpool Albion. 17 June 1850. p. 1. Retrieved 7 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ Lancashire Sheet LXXXIII (Map). Six-inch. Ordnance Survey. 1847.
  5. ↑ Gahan 1985, p. 21.
  6. 1 2 Foster 1995, p. 40.
  7. 1 2 "Southport: Railway" . Preston Chronicle. 27 March 1852. p. 7. Retrieved 6 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ Simmons 1997, p. 548.
  9. ↑ Southport - Lancashire LXXV.13.14 (Map). 1:500 Town Plan. Ordnance Survey. 1890.
  10. ↑ Greenwood 1990, p. 31.
  11. ↑ Gahan 1985, p. 90.
  12. ↑ Bolger 1994, pp. 20–21.
  13. ↑ Historic England, "Birkdale Signal Box (1412052)", National Heritage List for England , retrieved 28 January 2016
  14. ↑ The Railway Clearing House 1970, p. 54.
  15. ↑ Harrop 1985, p. 145.
  16. ↑ Foster 1995, p. 30.
  17. ↑ Clinker 1978, p. 126.
  18. ↑ Ferneyhough 1975, pp. 164 & 176–177.
  19. ↑ Pettitt & Comfort 2015, pp. 59 & 171.
  20. ↑ "Birkdale train station | timetable | ticket prices & facilities". www.merseyrail.org. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  21. ↑ Table 82 National Rail timetable, May 2023

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