Blundellsands & Crosby railway station

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Blundellsands & Crosby
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General information
Location Blundellsands, Sefton
England
Coordinates 53°29′16″N3°02′25″W / 53.4877°N 3.0404°W / 53.4877; -3.0404
Grid reference SJ310994
Managed by Merseyrail
Transit authority Merseytravel
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBLN
Fare zoneC3
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
24 July 1848 (1848-07-24)Opened as Crosby
1 June 1852Station relocated
1865Station relocated and renamed Blundellsands for Crosby
November 1865Renamed Blundellsands & Crosby
1882Station rebuilt
6 January 1964Closed to goods
Passengers
2018/19Increase2.svg 1.668 million
Hightown
towards Southport
  Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway
  Waterloo
towards Liverpool Exchange

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References

Notes

  1. Bradshaw's guides and timetables called the station Crosby & Blundellsands from December 1865 until 1877/1878 when they changed to Blundellsands & Crosby, see for example the 1866 version. [5]
  2. 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. [6]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Quick 2023, p. 90.
  2. Lancashire Sheet XCVIII (Map). Six-inch. Ordnance Survey. 1849.
  3. Marshall 1969, p. 154.
  4. Awdry 1990, p. 88.
  5. Bradshaw 1866, table 186.
  6. Simmons 1997, p. 548.
  7. 1 2 Gahan 1985, p. 85.
  8. The Railway Clearing House 1970, p. 65.
  9. Lancashire XCVIII.8 (Map). 25 inch. Ordnance Survey. 1893.
  10. Ferneyhough 1975, pp. 164 & 176–177.
  11. Clinker 1978, p. 14.
  12. Pettitt & Comfort 2015, pp. 59 & 171.
  13. "Blundellsands-and-Crosby train station | timetable | ticket prices & facilities". www.merseyrail.org. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  14. Table 82 National Rail timetable, May 2023

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