Bootle Balliol Road railway station

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Bootle Balliol Road
Canada Dock branch passes under LCSR.JPG
Balliol Road's platforms would have ended just before the tunnel
General information
Location Bootle, Sefton
England
Coordinates 53°26′41″N2°59′41″W / 53.4448°N 2.9948°W / 53.4448; -2.9948
Grid reference SJ 340 946
Platforms2 [1]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company London and North Western Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
5 September 1881 (1881-09-05)Opened as Balliol Road
1 January 1891Renamed Bootle Balliol Road
31 May 1948Last passenger train called
26 February 1949Officially closed

Balliol Road railway station was on the Alexandra Dock Branch, Bootle, Merseyside, England, it opened on 5 September 1881 [2] and closed to passengers on 31 May 1948. Goods trains to and from Seaforth Dock still pass through the station site.

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References

  1. ↑ Gell 1985, Alphabetically under B.
  2. ↑ Butt1995, p. 24.

Sources

  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
  • Gell, Rob (1985). An Illustrated Survey of Liverpool's Railway Stations 1830-1985. Crosby, Merseyside: Heyday Publishing. ISBN   978-0-947562-03-8.
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Alexandra Dock
Line and station closed		  London and North Western Railway
Alexandra Dock Branch 		  Spellow
Line and station closed


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