Bootle New Strand railway station

Bootle New Strand
General information
Location	Bootle, Sefton England
Coordinates	53°27′12″N2°59′41″W / 53.4534°N 2.9948°W / 53.4534; -2.9948
Grid reference	SJ 340 956
Managed by	Merseyrail
Transit authority	Merseytravel
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BNW
Fare zone	C3
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
1 October 1850 (1850-10-01)	Opened as Marsh Lane
11 April 1886	Rebuilt and renamed Marsh Lane and Strand Road
19 May 1941	Closed
12 July 1943	Re-opened
6 March 1967	Renamed Bootle New Strand
Passengers
2019/20	1.221 million
Seaforth towards Southport		Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway		Bootle Village towards Liverpool Exchange 1850–1876
Seaforth towards Southport		Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway		Bootle towards Liverpool Exchange since 1876
Linacre Road towards Aintree		Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway North Mersey Branch		Bootle towards Liverpool Exchange

Gallery

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  Looking north along the Liverpool-bound platform.
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  The northern end of the station.
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  The main entrance to the station.
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  A Merseyrail Class 507 departs towards Liverpool.

References

1. Quick 2023, p. 92.
2. Gahan 1985, p. 28.
3. Lancashire Sheet XCIX (Map). Six-inch. Ordnance Survey. 1850.
4. Marshall 1969, p. 154.
5. Awdry 1990, p. 88.
6. Liverpool - Lancashire XCIX.14.21 (Map). 1:500 Town Plan. Ordnance Survey. 1890.
7. Marshall 1970, p. 166.
8. Quick 2023, p. 283.
9. Ferneyhough 1975, p. 164.
10. Gahan 1985, p. 81.
11. "The new heart of Bootle". Liverpool Echo. 4 October 1968. p. 14 – via newspapers.com.
12. Pettitt & Comfort 2015, pp. 59 & 171.
13. "Bootle-new-strand train station | timetable | ticket prices & facilities". www.merseyrail.org. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
14. Bootle New Strand station facilities National Rail Enquiries
15. Table 82 National Rail timetable, May 2023

Bibliography

• Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies . Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   1-8526-0049-7. OCLC   19514063. CN 8983.
• Ferneyhough, Frank (1975). The History of Railways in Britain . Reading: Osprey. ISBN   0-85045-060-8. OCLC   2120140.
• Gahan, John W. (1985). Seaport to Seaside: Lines to Southport and Ormskirk - 13 decades of trains and travel. Countryvise. ISBN   978-0-907768-07-5.
• Marshall, John (1969). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. Vol. 1. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN   978-0-7153-4352-4.
• Marshall, John (1970). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. Vol. 2. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN   978-0-7153-4906-9.
• Pettitt, Gordon; Comfort, Nicholas (2015). The Regional Railways Story . Oxford Publishing Company. ISBN   978-0-86093-663-3.
• Quick, Michael (2023) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.05. Railway & Canal Historical Society.

External links

• Train times and station information for Bootle New Strand railway station from National Rail
• Station information for Bootle New Strand railway station from Merseyrail