Bootle Balliol Road railway station

Bootle Balliol Road
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
Platforms	2 [1]
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London 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 1891	Renamed Bootle Balliol Road
31 May 1948	Last passenger train called
26 February 1949	Officially closed
Location

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.^{[ citation needed ]} Goods trains to and from Seaforth Dock still pass through the station site.

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.

External links

• The station's history Disused Stations
• The station and local lines on multiple maps Rail Maps Online
• The station on a 25" Edwardian OS Map National Library of Scotland
• The station on line SCT2, with mileages Railway Codes

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